Herdwick
/ (ˈhɜːdwɪk) /
noun
a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
Origin of Herdwick
1C19: from obsolete herdwick pasture, sheep farm (see herd ² (sense 1), wick ²); the breed is thought to have originated on the herdwicks of Furness Abbey
Words Nearby Herdwick
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How to use Herdwick in a sentence
Of a flock of forty Herdwick sheep given by Dr. Wakefield, the dogs killed twenty-seven at one time.
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