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ˈherd-book
[f. herd n.1 + book.]
A book containing the pedigree and other particulars of a breed of cattle or pigs: corresponding to the stud-book for horses, and the flock-book for sheep.
1822Coates (title) The General Short-Horned Herd-Book, containing the Pedigrees of Short-Horned Bulls, Cows, etc. of the Improved Durham Breed. 1865H. H. Dixon Field & Fern 86 In 1822, the very year that England began her Shorthorn Herd-Book. 1881Sheldon Dairy Farming 3/1 Long and respectable pedigrees in their owners' herd-books. |