Herdwick

noun

Herd·​wick

ˈhərˌdwik

1

: a British breed of very hardy coarse-wooled mountain sheep

2

or herdwick plural Herdwicks or herdwicks : an animal of the Herdwick breed

Word History

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

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