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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Contemporary Examples of 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
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

Historical Examples of cotswold

It is a beautiful building of a type common in the Cotswold country.
William Shakespeare
John Masefield
And the McRaes live at Cotswold; there's a big family of them.
A Tar-Heel Baron
Mabell Shippie Clarke Pelton
The Cotswold breed arose in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual
Charles 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.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3
Various

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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