Cotswolds

[ kots-wohldz, -wuh ldz ]

/ ˈkɒts woʊldz, -wəldz /

a range of hills in SW England, in Gloucestershire.

Also called Cotswold Hills.

Definition for cotswolds (2 of 2)

Cotswold

[ kots-wohld, -wuh ld ]

/ ˈkɒts woʊld, -wəld /

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

named after the Cotswolds, where the breed originated

A year or two ago three fine young badgers were captured near Bourton-on-the-Water, on the Cotswolds.

A Cotswold Village |J. Arthur Gibbs
Drayton tells us that the prize at the coursing meetings held on the Cotswolds in his day was a silver-studded collar.

A Cotswold Village |J. Arthur Gibbs
It has borne us from the Cotswolds to London; while to properly describe the great city would take volumes in itself.

England, Picturesque and Descriptive |Joel Cook
Merchants like the Celys shipped enormous consignments of wool from the Cotswolds to the Continent.

The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century |Richard Henry Tawney

For instance, amongst the Cotswolds stone has always been the handiest material for building walls, and for covering roofs.

Social Life in England Through the Centuries |H. R. Wilton Hall

Cotswolds

/ (ˈkɒtsˌwəʊldz, -wəldz) /

a range of low hills in SW England, mainly in Gloucestershire: formerly a centre of the wool industry

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