Dorset Down

noun

1

: an English breed of short-wooled mutton-type sheep derived from the Hampshire Down

2

or dorset down plural Dorset Downs or dorset downs : a sheep of the Dorset Down breed

Word History

Etymology

from the county of Dorset, England, where it was originally bred

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