[
US
/mɝˈinoʊ/
]
[ UK /mɛɹˈiːnəʊ/ ]
[ UK /mɛɹˈiːnəʊ/ ]
NOUN
- white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality
How To Use merino In A Sentence
- The participants and production crew moved to Oxley Downs, six hours drive from Sydney to the property with 12 buildings, a dilapidated garden, horses, chickens, geese, a cow and 1.300 merino sheep.
- Eventually, faster-maturing, fine-fleeced Merinos replaced them, and the breed became nearly extinct, both here and abroad.
- Today, Merino wool is taken from sheep and lambs in Australia and New Zealand as well.
- Stock up on key fabrics like cotton, linen, silk and lightweight knits in the summer months, and wool, cashmere and merino knits in the winter.
- Merino, cashmere, Angora… these luxury yarns were too expensive to be hastily turned into just another scarf.
- Before the clinical investigation, they performed a biomechanical investigation using 30 merino sheep.
- People have got the impression that the merino is a gentle, bleating animal that gets its living without trouble to anybody, and comes up every year to be shorn with a pleased smile upon its amiable face. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories
- Today, Merino wool is taken from sheep and lambs in Australia and New Zealand as well.
- Her button-off coat and merino high-neck jumper had considerable quality when we checked these out at close range at the Incubator's premises.
- Merino Wool is a natural fiber that absorbs 10 times more moisture than synthetics, and it does not hold odor.