Cotswold

[kots-wohld, -wuh ld]

noun

one of an English breed of large sheep having coarse, long wool.

Origin of Cotswold

named after the Cotswolds, where the breed originated

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Examples from the Web for cotswold

A few weeks after returning from England, I was trolling the dairy section and came across the Cotswold Double Gloucester.
Biking With the Bard|Kara Cutruzzula|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They buried Patrick Leigh Fermor in the soft green turf of a Cotswold graveyard on a cloudy Thursday afternoon.
Goodbye to My Hero|William Dalrymple|June 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The Cotswold mature young, and the flesh will vary in weight from fifteen to thirty pounds per quarter.
Soil Culture|J. H. Walden
From Swindon we came up into the down-country; and these downs rise higher even than the Cotswold.
Rural Rides|William Cobbett

For was not the subject of those verses himself half a Cotswold man?
A Cotswold Village|J. Arthur Gibbs
There is no water at hand now, and supplies have had to be sought for among the Cotswold Hills, at a great distance from the town.
Life in a Railway Factory|Alfred Williams
It brightens up the old, time-worn barns, and relieves the monotony of grey stone walls and mossy roofs in the Cotswold village.
A Cotswold Village|J. Arthur Gibbs

British Dictionary definitions for cotswold

Cotswold

noun

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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