Galloway
a historic region in SW Scotland.
one of a Scottish breed of beef cattle having a coat of curly, black hair.
one of a Scottish breed of small, strong horses.
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How to use Galloway in a sentence
On my mother's side—the Galloways—not a few lost their lives at Norfolk, from yellow fever, camp diseases and fatigue.
Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot | William Gannaway BrownlowIt was also customary with him to buy horses for sale in Scotland, bringing back galloways in return.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-GouldGalloways tall figure was almost a fixture near the painting.
An Autobiography | Elizabeth ButlerGalloways yield superior beef, but mature less rapidly than the Aberdeen-Angus.
Prior to 1883 small horses were called indifferently Galloways, hobbies, cobs or ponies, irrespective of their height.
British Dictionary definitions for Galloway
/ (ˈɡæləˌweɪ) /
an area of SW Scotland, on the Solway Firth: consists of the former counties of Kirkcudbright and Wigtown, now part of Dumfries and Galloway; in the west is a large peninsula, the Rhinns of Galloway, with the Mull of Galloway, a promontory, at the south end of it (the southernmost point of Scotland): Related adjectives: Gallovidian, Galwegian
a breed of hardy beef cattle, usually black, originally bred in Galloway
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