[Name of a locality about fifty miles from Shanghai; in Chinese = ‘wolf hill.’] A breed of domestic fowl, introduced from China (see quots.).
1871. in A. C. C. & C. W. G., Langshan Fowls, ii. 11. I send you some fowls by S. S. Achilles … they are black, and are called Langshans.
1884–5. L. Wright, Poultry, 227. About the year 1872 … a fresh importation of black Chinese fowls was shown…. At first shown as Cochins, they were very soon shown by their admirers as ‘Langshans,’ which was alleged to be their native name in North China.
