the first milk drawn from a cow's udder prior to milking
foremilk in American English
(ˈfɔrˌmɪlk, ˈfour-)
noun
a yellowish liquid, especially rich in immune factors, secreted by the mammary gland of female mammals a few days before and after the birth of their young; colostrum
Word origin
[1900–05; fore- + milk]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Young Turk, elder statesman, geopolitics, hydroplane, internshipfore- is a prefix meaning “before” (in space, time, condition, etc.), “front,” “superior,”etc. Other words that use the affix fore- include: forecast, forecastle, forehead, foreman, foretell
Examples of 'foremilk' in a sentence
foremilk
Individual quarter foremilk samples were taken on 5 occasions during the lactation and all clinical cases were recorded.
David Gleeson, Jimmy Flynn, Bernadette O' Brien 2018, 'Effect of pre-milking teat disinfection on new mastitis infection rates of dairy cows',Irish Veterinary Journalhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13620-018-0122-4. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)