Exmoor
(ˈɛksmʊə(r), -mɔə(r))
The name of a district in Somerset and Devon used attrib. or absol. to designate the particular breeds of ponies and sheep which it produces.
| 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon 338 A cross was some years since made at Chittlehampton, of the old Leicester upon the Exmoor. Ibid. 345 A Dartmoor or Exmoor ewe..which in November would cost about 18s. will by the June following produce a lamb worth 20s. 1831, 1902 [see Dartmoor]. 1831 W. Youatt Horse iv. 58 The Exmoor Ponies, although generally ugly enough, are hardy and useful. 1837 ― Sheep vii. 255 The sheep..bore considerable resemblance to the Exmoor sheep, and to the Dorsets. 1862 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 195/1 Throughout this tract there is a native breed of ponies, known as Exmoor ponies. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 194/2 The Exmoors are delicately formed about the head and neck, and they have a close, fine fleece of short wool. 1937 Hull & Whitlock Far-Distant Oxus i. 24 A dark-brown Exmoor with a trailing tail and a shaggy mane. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 8 Mar. 15/1 Sheep... Hill types include..Rough Fell,..Welsh Mountain and Exmoor Horn. 1969 Times 13 Jan. 11/3 A Suffolk..ewe would not be regarded as outstanding unless she produced four lambs at a time, but three would be remarkable for an Exmoor Horn. |