cow-calfn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcow-calf.

A female calf. (In quot. a1640 figurative.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > young or heifer

cow-calfa800

heiferc900

quey1301

queyock1411

genice1480

quey calfa1500

mull1655

stot1677

a800 Erfurt Gloss. 1155 Baccula, vitula, cucaelf.

a1000 Laws Alf. in Thorpe I. 70 (Bosw.) Gif man of myran folan adrifþ oððe cucealf.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 462 Riȝt as þe cow-calf coueyteth swete mylke.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxix That he reyre two oxe calues, and two cowe calues.

a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. i. 134 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) Mer. They worship Nothing with so much service, as the Cow-calfs. Paulo. What do mean you by Cow-calfs? Mer. Why their women.

1779 Hunter in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 288 One was a bull-calf, and the other a cow-calf.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	cow-calf
释义	cow-calfn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcow-calf. A female calf. (In quot. a1640 figurative.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > young or heifer cow-calfa800 heiferc900 quey1301 queyock1411 genice1480 quey calfa1500 mull1655 stot1677 a800 Erfurt Gloss. 1155 Baccula, vitula, cucaelf. a1000 Laws Alf. in Thorpe I. 70 (Bosw.) Gif man of myran folan adrifþ oððe cucealf. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 462 Riȝt as þe cow-calf coueyteth swete mylke. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxix That he reyre two oxe calues, and two cowe calues. a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. i. 134 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) Mer. They worship Nothing with so much service, as the Cow-calfs. Paulo. What do mean you by Cow-calfs? Mer. Why their women. 1779 Hunter in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 288 One was a bull-calf, and the other a cow-calf. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.a800
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