ˈhərˌdwik noun
Etymology: from obsolete herdwick pasture ground, from Middle English, from hierde, herde herdsman + wick; from the breed's having been developed on the herdwicks of the Abbey of Furness in Lancashire, England
1. usually capitalized : a British breed of very hardy coarse-wooled mountain sheep
2. -s often capitalized : an animal of the Herdwick breed