Brown Swiss

American  

noun

1. one of a breed of brownish dairy cattle raised originally in Switzerland.

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Etymology

Origin of Brown Swiss

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Visitors can milk cows, chase chickens and watch cheesemakers create award-winning Cheddars from the milk of the farm’s Brown Swiss cows.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2015

Brown Swiss are even more prolific, birthing twin calves once in about every 11 deliveries.

From Washington Times • Mar. 7, 2015

With Jersey and Brown Swiss cows lowing behind him, the president made his way down the line exchanging hellos and small talk.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2011

In his Brown Swiss, a skyless 1957 landscape titled for the breed of cows crossing it, Wyeth blithely eliminated the cows.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was shown, in addition to horses, Ayrshire, Holstein and Brown Swiss cattle, Berkshire and Yorkshire pigs and Southdown and Shropshire sheep in good buildings.

From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by Scott, J.W. Robertson