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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He has nearly 150,000 followers, who check for his posts and postcard-perfect videos and photos of his idyllic home in England’s poetic Lake District and the doings of his beloved Herdwick sheep.
From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2021
With their grey-streaked coats and white heads, the Herdwick sheep are a distinctive feature of the Lake District landscape.
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
They have around 90 Galloways and a few hundred head of Herdwick sheep, the stout-legged Lake District breed.
From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2013
In daylight, if the stones were dry, a man with steady nerves could use the path, but when slab and scree were packed with snow nothing but a Herdwick could cross it safely.
From The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" by Bindloss, Harold
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