At 00:51 -0500 Earth time on 051230 Joy Beeson sent:
According to my dictionary, "the Downs" is a "treeless chalk uplands along the south and southeast coast of England." It's a specific place name; you would no more say "a Down breed" than you would say "a United State breed". The sheep of the hills have always been "hill sheep", because you use the root when you use a noun as an adjective. For example, you might have a pile of table legs taken from several tables.
Joy, you are a joy. Your succinct analysis and explanation is a model of clarity.
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