SOUTHDOWN

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England. Southdown sheep (Zoöl.), a celebrated breed of shortwooled, hornless sheep, highly valued on account of the delicacy of their flesh. So called from the South Downs where the breed originated.

2.
n.

A Southdown sheep.