Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a breed of small, hornless sheep of English origin, having short, dense, fine-textured wool.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the South Downs in Hampshire and Sussex, England: as, Southdown sheep.
- noun A noted English breed of sheep; a sheep of this breed, or mutton of this kind. See
sheep , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Southdown sheep.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England.
- adjective (Zoöl.) a celebrated breed of shortwooled, hornless sheep, highly valued on account of the delicacy of their flesh. So called from the South Downs where the breed originated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of a particular
English breed of smallsheep .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The wool of the Southdown is short, and extremely fine; the fleece weighs about 3 lbs.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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-- And that's silly, seeing as the Southdown is a smaller sheep than ours, and I don't see any sense in bringing down our fine big sheep that can stand all waters and weathers.
Joanna Godden Sheila Kaye-Smith 1921
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The best "Southdown" would, perhaps, be as distasteful to them as monkey meat would be to you; so here again we are met by that same eternal proverb, -- "_Chacun a son gout_."
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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The best "Southdown" would, perhaps, be as distasteful to them as monkey meat would be to you; so here again we are met by that same eternal proverb, -- _Chacun à son goût.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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And what lookers they are – stocky little Southdown ewes with coats so dense and fine that they appear already knitted.
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There were also violent confrontations at a meet this month of the Southdown and Eridge hunt near Shoreham, West Sussex, when 50 saboteurs arrived to monitor the event.
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Louisiana The parishes (counties) of Iberia, St. Mary, Assumption, and Terrebonne are the heart of the Cajun coast, and a great place to explore some of its past is Houma's Southdown Plantation/Terrebonne Museum, in a 19th-century sugar plantation home.
David Paul Appell: Great Gulf Coast Beach Vacations, Even Without the Beach 2010
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Louisiana The parishes (counties) of Iberia, St. Mary, Assumption, and Terrebonne are the heart of the Cajun coast, and a great place to explore some of its past is Houma's Southdown Plantation/Terrebonne Museum, in a 19th-century sugar plantation home.
David Paul Appell: Great Gulf Coast Beach Vacations, Even Without the Beach David Paul Appell 2010
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Other big acquisitions for Cemex include the purchase of Houston-based Southdown in 2000 for $2.8 billion and the $5.8 billion acquisition of U.K.-based RMC Group in 2005.
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Southdown Farm (01273 843278, southdown-farm. co.uk) near Ditchling is a racers 'favourite, with camping pitches from £8 for a car and one person
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