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Rambouillet

Pronunciation: /ˈrambəleɪ, ˈrɒmbuːjeɪ/
Definition of Rambouillet

noun (plural pronunc. same)

  • a sheep of a hardy breed developed from the Spanish merino but bred elsewhere for its meat and its heavy fleece of fine wool.

Origin:

early 19th century: from Rambouillet, a town in northern France, the site of a sheep farm founded by Louis XVI

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