COTSWOLD

Cotswold

(noun) sheep with long wool originating in the Cotswold Hills

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Cots"wold` (kts"wld`), n. Etym: [Cot a cottage or hut + wold an open country.]

Definition: An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England. Cotswold sheep, a long-wooled breed of sheep, formerly common in the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester, Eng.; -- so called from the Cotswold Hills. The breed is now chiefly amalgamated with others.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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