DORSET HORN


Meaning of DORSET HORN in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun

also dorset

Etymology: from the county of Dorset, England

1. usually capitalized D&H : an English breed of sheep with very large and in the ram much-coiled horns that has a close-textured fleece of medium-length wool and that has been much used for hothouse lamb production because of the early breeding of the ewes and the high percentage of twin lambs

2. -s often capitalized D&H : a sheep of the Dorset Horn breed

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