Holstein

[ hohl-stahyn, -steen; for 2 also German hohl-shtahyn ]

/ ˈhoʊl staɪn, -stin; for 2 also German ˈhoʊlˌʃtaɪn /

noun

Also called Hol·stein-Frie·sian

[hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/. one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.

a region in N Germany, at the base of the peninsula of Jutland: a former duchy.

Compare Schleswig-Holstein.

Origin of Holstein

First recorded in 1860–65

Example sentences from the Web for holstein

Pour milk from a Holstein cow into one and milk from a Jersey into the other.

The Secret to This Ice Cream: Pampered Cows |Jane & Michael Stern |May 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
At length, by some means, they discovered him in the small town of Frederichstadt, in Holstein.

Louis Philippe |John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
Authorities have agreed that herd milk of Holstein or ordinary grade cows is best for infant feeding.

The Mother and Her Child |William S. Sadler
The peasants yielded the point, and the succession was settled on the duke of Holstein.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. |Tobias Smollett

Before arriving at this village, we stopped at the house of one Jacob Hendrix, from Holstein, living on this side.

Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 |Jasper Danckaerts
The scenes of horror and of sadness enacted there, have left their impress upon the mind of Mrs. Holstein in unfading characters.

Woman's Work in the Civil War |Linus Pierpont Brockett

British Dictionary definitions for holstein (1 of 2)

Holstein ¹

/ (ˈhəʊlstaɪn) /

noun

the usual US and Canadian name for Friesian 1

British Dictionary definitions for holstein (2 of 2)

Holstein ²

/ (German ˈhɔlʃtain) /

noun

a region of N Germany, in S Schleswig-Holstein: in early times a German duchy of Saxony; became a duchy of Denmark in 1474; finally incorporated into Prussia in 1866

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Example sentences from the Web for holstein

British Dictionary definitions for holstein (1 of 2)

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