Ayrshire

[ air-sheer, -sher ]

/ ˈɛər ʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

one of a Scottish breed of hardy dairy cattle having long, curving horns.

Also called Ayr. a historic county in SW Scotland.

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Examples from the Web for ayrshire

While I was at luncheon four carters came in—long-limbed, muscular Ayrshire Scots, with lean, intelligent faces.
Essays of Travel|Robert Louis Stevenson
They are now almost double the size, and yield about four times the quantity of milk that the Ayrshire cows formerly yielded.
Cattle and Their Diseases|Robert Jennings
Even in higher life, a couple of Ayrshire noblemen, and the major part of our knights and squires, are all insolvent.
The Letters of Robert Burns|Robert Burns
The grave-digger of Sorn, Ayrshire, was as selfish and as mean a sinner as ever handled mattock or carried mortcloth.
Amusing Prose Chap Books|Various

A small rising at Aird's Moss in Ayrshire, in 1680, was easily suppressed.
An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707)|Robert S. Rait

British Dictionary definitions for ayrshire

Ayrshire

/ (ˈɛəʃɪə, -ʃə) /

noun

a historical county of SW Scotland, formerly part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now divided into the council areas of North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire

any one of a hardy breed of brown-and-white dairy cattle

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