Cotswold

[ kots-wohld, -wuh ld ]

/ ˈkɒts woʊld, -wəld /

one of an English breed of large sheep having coarse, long wool.

Origin of Cotswold

named after the Cotswolds, where the breed originated

A few weeks after returning from England, I was trolling the dairy section and came across the Cotswold Double Gloucester.

Biking With the Bard |Kara Cutruzzula |December 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
They buried Patrick Leigh Fermor in the soft green turf of a Cotswold graveyard on a cloudy Thursday afternoon.

Goodbye to My Hero |William Dalrymple |June 20, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The Cotswold mature young, and the flesh will vary in weight from fifteen to thirty pounds per quarter.

Soil Culture |J. H. Walden
From Swindon we came up into the down-country; and these downs rise higher even than the Cotswold.

Rural Rides |William Cobbett

For was not the subject of those verses himself half a Cotswold man?

A Cotswold Village |J. Arthur Gibbs
There is no water at hand now, and supplies have had to be sought for among the Cotswold Hills, at a great distance from the town.

Life in a Railway Factory |Alfred Williams
It brightens up the old, time-worn barns, and relieves the monotony of grey stone walls and mossy roofs in the Cotswold village.

A Cotswold Village |J. Arthur Gibbs

Cotswold

/ (ˈkɒtsˌwəʊld, -wəld) /

a breed of sheep with long wool that originated in the Cotswolds. It is believed to be one of the oldest breeds in the world