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Dorset Horn

noun

  1. one of an English breed of sheep having a close-textured, medium-length wool.


Dorset Horn

noun

  1. a breed of horned sheep with dense fine-textured wool
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Dorset Horn1

First recorded in 1890–95; after Dorset

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