*cotswol*

n. [ Cot a cottage or hut + wold an open country. ] An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]