Cotswold
[kots-wohld, -wuh ld]
- one of an English breed of large sheep having coarse, long wool.
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Origin of Cotswold
named after the Cotswolds, where the breed originated
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Contemporary Examples
A few weeks after returning from England, I was trolling the dairy section and came across the Cotswold Double Gloucester.
They buried Patrick Leigh Fermor in the soft green turf of a Cotswold graveyard on a cloudy Thursday afternoon.
Historical Examples
It is a beautiful building of a type common in the Cotswold country.
William ShakespeareJohn Masefield
And the McRaes live at Cotswold; there's a big family of them.
A Tar-Heel BaronMabell Shippie Clarke Pelton
The Cotswold breed arose in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire.
The Stock-Feeder's ManualCharles Alexander Cameron
"I saw her periscope," answered the skipper of the Cotswold.
Commander Lawless V.C.Rolf Bennett
Cotswold (pronounced Cotsold) is an old word for a sheepcote.
Cotswold
- a breed of sheep with long wool that originated in the Cotswolds. It is believed to be one of the oldest breeds in the world
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