over-yearedadj.
/ˌəʊvəˈjɪəd/, /ˌəʊvəˈjəːd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈjɪ(ə)rd/ Agriculture.
Of livestock, seeds, etc.: kept over the year; kept from the preceding year.
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over-yeared1883
1883 Cheltenham Exam. 19 Sept. Suppl. 1/3 200 over-yeared ewes 60s. a head.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 29 Mar. 112/3 The writer tested this over-yeared seed before advising for or against its use and, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, discovered extremely little deterioration in germination.
2001 Arable Farming (Nexis) 10 Nov. 10 The most obvious reason is over-yeared seed from last autumn's aborted drilling plans.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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