Luing

American  

[loo-ing] / ˈlu ɪŋ /

noun

1. one of a breed of beef cattle developed on Luing Island off Scotland by interbreeding Shorthorn bulls and purebred West Highland cows.

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Etymology

Origin of Luing

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

We left behind us the islands of Lunga, Luing, and Seil, and entered the narrow Sound of Kerrera, with its border of Old Red conglomerate resting on the clay-slate of the district.

From The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland by Symonds, W. S. (William Samuel)

There is another Kilchattan in Luing Island, Argyllshire, and in the same county is Ardchattan.

From A Calendar of Scottish Saints by Barrett, Michael

Landed in Black Mile Bay, island of Luing, at 10.30.

From Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy by Airy, George Biddell