Herdwick
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Herdwick
C19: from obsolete herdwick pasture, sheep farm (see herd ² (sense 1), wick ²); the breed is thought to have originated on the herdwicks of Furness Abbey
Example Sentences
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Rebanks and his border collies tend four flocks totaling about 450 Herdwick sheep this summer.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2021
Jo, who lives in a neighbouring extension with Jon and their three children Iona, 16, Jenny, 15, and Archie, 12, is also a professional artist as well as managing the Herdwick Experience.
From BBC ● May 15, 2021
The delightful memoir of Englishman Rebank, AKA the Herdwick Shepherd, who raises sheep for a living in England’s Lake District, as he tends his flock through four seasons of the year.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2017
Caroline Watson with one of her Herdwick sheep at Yew Tree farm, Cumbria.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2013
The old gentleman, he said, went louping over wet spots and great stones, and scraffling over crags and screes, till you would have thought he was some kin to a Herdwick sheep.
From The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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