Cotswold
[kots-wohld, -wuh ld]
- one of an English breed of large sheep having coarse, long wool.
Show More
Origin of Cotswold
named after the Cotswolds, where the breed originated
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for cotswold
Contemporary Examples of cotswold
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 of cotswold
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
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012