(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:45:26

Cots"wold` (k?ts"w?ld`), n. [Cot a cottage or hut + wold an open country.]

An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England.

Cotswold sheep, a long-wooled breed of sheep, formerly common in the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester, Eng.; -- so called from the Cotswold Hills. The breed is now chiefly amalgamated with others.

 

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