hampshire down

1. 1.

   British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep

   SynonymsHampshire

   Broaderdomestic sheep

Questions about hampshire down

What does hampshire down mean?

hampshire down means "British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep".

What is another word for hampshire down?

Close synonyms include Hampshire. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hampshire down a common word?

hampshire down is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.