Angus
(ˈæŋgəs)
The name of a county in Scotland, applied attrib. to a breed of cattle. Also absol. Cf. Aberdeen Angus.
| 1842 D. Low Breeds Dom. Animals I. ii. 13 The Polled Angus breed. Ibid. 14 The Angus is a good breed. 1844 [see Devon]. 1882 Macdonald & Sinclair Hist. Polled Aberdeen or Angus Cattle viii. 136 No stock but polled Angus was at Kinnaird until about 1834. 1956 J. Hearne Stranger at Gate iv. 31 This was the problem..how to keep beef on the mixed Angus and shorthorn stock in a climate that never had any spring or autumn. |