the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > female > in first or second year (4)
A ewe between the first and second shearing. gelt gimmer, a barren ewe.
The name given in the midland and some southern counties of England to a female sheep of a particular age: most generally applied to a ewe of the…
A sheep in its second year. Cf. teg, n.1 1a. Obsolete.
a ewe in its second year (see teg, n.1).