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Meaning of COTSWOLD

Pronunciation:  'kâtswowld

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 Definition: [n]  sheep with long wool originating in the Cotswolds
 
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 See Also: domestic sheep, Ovis aries

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cots"wold`\ (k?ts"w?ld`), n. [Cot a cottage or hut +
wold an open country.]
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.
 

 

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