[Name of the mountain range on the borders of England and Scotland.]
1. Cheviot sheep, in plural often Cheviots: a hardy breed of short-wooled sheep, thriving on the Cheviot Hills and in mountainous districts, and valued on account of their heavy carcases and fine thick-set wool, Cheviot wool.
1815. Scott, Guy M., ii. Highland cattle and Cheviot sheep.
1841. Penny Cycl., XXI. 359/1. They [Cheviots] differ essentially from both the black and the dun-faced breeds by which they are surrounded, but neither history nor tradition has given the slightest clue to their origin.
1870. Miss Broughton, Red as Rose, xx. 225 (Hoppe). Jack’s sheep are browsing—the Cheviots that he was so proud of.
2. A cloth made from Cheviot wool.
1883. Cassell’s Fam. Mag., Oct., 696/2. Cheviots and Vicunas are being employed for many autumn gowns.
1887. Daily News, 4 July, 6/3. Fine and medium makes of worsteds, diagonals, twills, and cheviots are also better to sell.
