zetlandhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zetland_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZetland, n.
Revised 2018

Zetlandnoun

Now rare.
  1. 1577–
    attributive. Designating things (esp. articles of trade and animals) imported from, associated with, or otherwise characteristic of the Shetland Islands. Cf. Shetland n.
    1. 1577
      The unlaw..that fallis to the sheriff is thre merkis Ȝetland [reading in MS; printed Zetland] payment, viz.—ane dolor.
      in D. Balfour, Oppress. 16th Century Orkney & Zetland (1859) 46
    2. 1608
      Tua Ȝetland ȝowis price of the pece ourheid xij li.
      Edinburgh Testaments vol. XLIV. f. 154v in Dictionary of Older Scottish Tongue at Ȝetland, Ȝeitland, Yetland
    3. 1620
      Tua ald Ȝetland horsis price of the peice iiij li.
      Orkney & Shetland Test. vol. I. f. 56v in Dictionary of Older Scottish Tongue at Ȝetland, Ȝeitland, Yetland
    4. 1702
      To Jamie Gray for the brydle to the zetland pownie.
      in A. W. C. Hallen, Account Book Sir J. Foulis (1894) 307
    5. 1747
      To be sold cheap, fine Zetland hard Fish.
      Caledonian Mercury 14 July
    6. 1777
      The filaments of the best Zetland wool are much finer and softer than Spanish wool.
      J. Anderson, Observ. Nat. Industry v. 87
    7. 1809
      The native Zetland horse is very small.
      A. Edmondston, View Zetland Islands vol. I. 206
    8. 1820
      The chief markets for Zetland fish are Great Britain, Ireland, and Spain.
      A. Edmonston, Observ. Cod Fishery Zetland & Orkney Islands 32
    9. 1886
      The finer articles, now known as Zetland shawls, veils, etc., were not manufactured till a much more recent date.
      Our Corner October 222
    10. 1953
      The indigenous Highland breed, the only survival of which is to be seen today in the undersized Zetland sheep.
      A. K. Cairncross, Collier's Crofting Probl. iv. 44

Zetland, n. was revised in June 2018.

Zetland, n. was last modified in September 2024.