Herdwick
/ (ˈhɜːdwɪk) /
noun
a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
Word Origin for Herdwick
C19: from obsolete
herdwick pasture, sheep farm (see
herd ² (sense 1),
wick ²); the breed is thought to have originated on the herdwicks of Furness Abbey
Example sentences from the Web for herdwick
Of a flock of forty Herdwick sheep given by Dr. Wakefield, the dogs killed twenty-seven at one time.
A Labrador Doctor |Wilfred Thomason Grenfell