galloway

plural galloways

1. A kind of small horse originally bred in Galloway, Scotland.

   but if you have no mercy upon them, yet ſpare your ſelfe, leſt you bejade the good Galloway, your owne opiniaſter Wit,

   1641, John Milton, Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 164

   1 more example

   ‘Don't you remember a famous trotting galloway I had, two years ago, that I bought at Tattersall's, that would go fifteen miles within the hour?’

   1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 173

   Synonyms: cuddy, gallowa, garron, garran, pony

1. A formerly Gaelic-speaking geographic region in the southwestern-most corner of Scotland, now part of Dumfries and Galloway council area. Capital: Kirkcudbright.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Lakefield Township, Saginaw County and Lafayette Township, Gratiot County, Michigan.
   2. A neighbourhood of Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.
   3. A township in Atlantic County, New Jersey.
   4. An unincorporated community in Prairie Township, Franklin County, Ohio.
   5. An unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas.
   6. A census-designated place and coal town in Barbour County, West Virginia.
   7. An unincorporated community in the town of Franzen, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
3. A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.
4. A rural locality in Central Otago district, north-east of Alexandra, Otago, New Zealand.
5. A surname.

plural Galloways

1. One of a breed of beef-producing cattle, originating in Galloway, Scotland.