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单词 etterlin
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etterlinn.

Brit. /ˈɛtəlɪn/, U.S. /ˈɛdərlᵻn/, Scottish English /ˈɛtərlɪn/
Forms: pre-1700 etterlyne, pre-1700 otterline, 1800s etterlen, 1800s etterling, 1800s– etterlin.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown.A suggested derivation < Scottish Gaelic atharla heifer (itself of unknown origin) poses phonological problems. In form etterling apparently influenced by -ling suffix1.
Scottish. Now rare.
A cow which has a calf (or is in-calf) when two years old (or occasionally, when in its second year).
ΚΠ
1591 Edinb. Test. XXIII. f. 9, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Etterlyne Ane etterlyne kow in gersing.
1677 Corshill Baron-Court Bk. in Archæol. & Hist. Coll. Ayr & Wigton (1884) IV. 142 Elizabeth Wilsone persued Johne Adame in Taill, for the loss of ane otterline cow.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Etterlin, a cow which has a calf, when only two years old, Renfr., Perths.
1863 N. Brit. Daily Mail 5 May Among the live stock, some very fine etterlings brought over 12l. a head.
1905 A. R. Forbes Gaelic Names Beasts 92 Etterlin (two-year-old, with a calf).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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