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Definition of Exmoor
1. Noun. Horned sheep of Devon; valued for mutton.
2. Noun. Stocky breed of pony with a fawn-colored nose.
Definition of Exmoor
1. n. One of a breed of horned sheep of Devonshire, England, having white legs and face and black nostrils. They are esp. valuable for mutton.
Definition of Exmoor
1. Proper noun. A national park in Devon and Somerset, southern England. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exmoor
Literary usage of Exmoor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forests & Deer Parks of the County of Somerset by William Henry Parr Greswell (1905)
"The Foresters of Exmoor. |HE foresters-in-fee of Exmoor were the same as those of
... But early Exmoor annals give us some notices which the other Somerset ..."
2. Modern Sheep: Breeds and Management by William James Clarke (1907)
"The Exmoor Horn Sheep Breeders' Society, recently established, already has 117
members ... The Exmoor would no doubt be worthy of a trial in this country, ..."
3. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1831)
"Forest of Exmoor. ... we then behold before us the forest of Exmoor, the melancholy
nakedness of which is enlivened only by a few deer. ..."
4. Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset by Henry Thomas De La Beche (1839)
"Channel, and constituting a portion of the general Exmoor highland from Minehead
... On the south-east of Exmoor, the Blackdown Hills rise above the fertile ..."
5. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"Exmoor. TILTER. (1) Order. Suffolk. See Fairfax Bulk and Selvedge, 12mo. 1674, p.
75. (2) A sword. A cant term. TILTH. (1) The produce of tilling. ..."
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