Herdwick

/ ˈhɜːdwɪk /

noun

1. a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England

Word History and Origins

Origin of Herdwick¹

C19: 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

Example Sentences

Of a flock of forty Herdwick sheep given by Dr. Wakefield, the dogs killed twenty-seven at one time.

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