Red Poll

Or Red Polled

noun

1. one of a breed of red, hornless, dual-purpose cattle, raised originally in England.

Red Poll

noun

1. a red hornless short-haired breed of beef and dairy cattle

Word History and Origins

Origin of Red Poll¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

He receives updates on the heritage Red Poll cattle and other livestock at his farm in Suffolk, in the east of England.

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So Angelika von Heimendahl, an entrepreneurial veterinarian, bought eight Red Poll, a distinctively ruddy breed native to the region.

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But she has made the best of it by selling her Red Poll beef in local markets under the brand CamCattle, for Cantabrigians who enjoy dining on meat that they may have passed in the park not so long before.

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Other polls have found otherwise, including the Big Red Poll, released around the same time, found Grimes leading among female voters 51-36, while McConnell took men’s votes by a wider margin, 55-33. 

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Red′-oak, an oak with heavy and durable reddish wood, rising to ninety feet high in eastern North America; Red′-plague, a form of the plague marked by a red spot or bubo; Red′-poll, a small northern finch: the common European linnet: the North American palm-warbler.—adjs.

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