lambingn.

/ˈlamɪŋ/

Forms: Also 1500s lamming.

Etymology: < lamb v. + -ing suffix¹.

The parturition or yeaning of lambs; (of a lamb) birth, time of birth. Also attributive, as lambing fold, lambing season, lambing time.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > lambing season

lambing time1573

lambing season1861

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > female > giving birth

lambing1573

yeaning1574

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 34 Now therfore thine eawe, vpon lamming so neere: desireth in pasture, that all may be cleere.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxv. 156 When the ewe is in lambing.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Agneler At lambing time we find what Ewes were full.

1797 Monthly Mag. 3 486 A premium of five guineas to the owner of the best South-down wether, to be two years old last lambing-time.

1813 Examiner 3 May 279/2 The lambing has been..successful.

1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. 141 The tithes..were due three times a year,—at the lambing season, at harvest-time, and at Martinmas.

1881 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland (1882) xxxii. 328 Stone had also done very well; his lambings had been good.

1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 79 Admirable lambing folds can be constructed very readily..with no other materials than wattled hurdles and straw.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

lambingadj.

Etymology: < lamb v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈlambing.

Of a ewe: Breeding, with young.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of a ewe > pregnant

ene1388

in-lamb1556

lambing1861

1861 Times 24 Sept. The roots are..carted to lambing ewes on the pastures.

1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Mar. 4/1 They smash the farmer's gates, level his fences..frighten the lambing ewes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

> as lemmas

ˈlambing n. (also lambing down)

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1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 599 Of the lambing of ewes.

1850 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 11 i. 76 I have kept 500 ewes in lamb this way..and had them in very high condition..on their lambing down.

1873 J. B. Stephens Black Gin 51 It is the Bushman come to town..Come to do his ‘lambing down’.

1880 G. Walch Victoria in 1880 130 The operation—combining equal parts of hocussing, over-charging, and direct robbery..and facetiously christened by bush landlords ‘lambing down’.

单词	lambing
释义	lambingn. /ˈlamɪŋ/ Forms: Also 1500s lamming. Etymology: < lamb v. + -ing suffix¹. The parturition or yeaning of lambs; (of a lamb) birth, time of birth. Also attributive, as lambing fold, lambing season, lambing time. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > lambing season lambing time1573 lambing season1861 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > female > giving birth lambing1573 yeaning1574 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 34 Now therfore thine eawe, vpon lamming so neere: desireth in pasture, that all may be cleere. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxv. 156 When the ewe is in lambing. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Agneler At lambing time we find what Ewes were full. 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 486 A premium of five guineas to the owner of the best South-down wether, to be two years old last lambing-time. 1813 Examiner 3 May 279/2 The lambing has been..successful. 1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. 141 The tithes..were due three times a year,—at the lambing season, at harvest-time, and at Martinmas. 1881 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland (1882) xxxii. 328 Stone had also done very well; his lambings had been good. 1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 79 Admirable lambing folds can be constructed very readily..with no other materials than wattled hurdles and straw. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021). lambingadj. Etymology: < lamb v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈlambing. Of a ewe: Breeding, with young. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of a ewe > pregnant ene1388 in-lamb1556 lambing1861 1861 Times 24 Sept. The roots are..carted to lambing ewes on the pastures. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Mar. 4/1 They smash the farmer's gates, level his fences..frighten the lambing ewes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmas ˈlambing ˈlambing n. (also lambing down) ΚΠ 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 599 Of the lambing of ewes. 1850 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 11 i. 76 I have kept 500 ewes in lamb this way..and had them in very high condition..on their lambing down. 1873 J. B. Stephens Black Gin 51 It is the Bushman come to town..Come to do his ‘lambing down’. 1880 G. Walch Victoria in 1880 130 The operation—combining equal parts of hocussing, over-charging, and direct robbery..and facetiously christened by bush landlords ‘lambing down’. extracted from lambv. < n.1573adj.1861 as lemmas
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