Leicester

noun2

1. •
   A city, unitary authority, and borough in and the county town of Leicestershire, England.
2. •
   A sheep of an English breed, valued for its meat and fleece.

   • The Leicesters and half-breds are purchased by farmers who keep no breeding stock: they are well turniped during the winter, and clipped and fattened in the following season. — 1869