merino

"The blue face Leicester fleece, which is our closest to the merino, that will go into knitwear like men's suits."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

If you haven’t heard of Allbirds, picture the first time you learned that merino wool is surprisingly soft and breathable for socks.

From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026

Allbirds pioneered the use of sustainable materials such as merino wool and eucalyptus tree fiber in footwear and other athletic gear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

Its Wool Runner shoe, made from merino wool, helped draw attention on social media.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026

The pastures, a lush new green, were dotted with merino sheep and fat milk cows.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

“The lambs appear to display the body wrinkle that was common in merinos in the middle of last century, a feature originally selected to maximise skin surface area and wool yields.”

From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2019

It races past nickel, lead and gold mines, flocks of fleecy merinos, smelters, slag heaps, ports and forests.

From Time Magazine Archive

Camel breeding, formerly very productive to the Tatars of the plain, has given place to lank flocks of merinos.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell

A present of a ram from the King's fine flock of merinos was a sign of high favour.

From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose

Of the above number of sheep, only 308,652 are merinos.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell