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▪ I. lambing, vbl. n.|ˈlæmɪŋ|
Also 6 lamming.
[f. lamb v. + -ing1.]
The parturition or yeaning of lambs; (of a lamb) birth, time of birth. Also attrib., as lambing fold, lambing season, lambing time.
1573Tusser Husb. xxxv. (1878) 80 Now therefore thine ewe, vpon lamming so neere, desireth in pasture that all may be cleere. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Agneler, At lambing time we find what Ewes were full. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 111 When the Ewe is in Lambing. 1797Monthly Mag. III. 486 A premium of five guineas to the owner of the best South-down wether, to be two years old last lambing-time. 1813Examiner 3 May 279/2 The lambing has been..successful. 1861Pearson Early & Mid. Ages Eng. 141 The tithes..were due three times a year,—at the lambing season, at harvest-time, and at Martinmas. 1881A. C. Grant Bush Life Queensland xxxii. (1882) 328 Stone had also done very well; his lambings had been good. 1886C. Scott Sheep-Farming 79 Admirable lambing folds can be constructed very readily..with no other materials than wattled hurdles and straw.
▪ II. ˈlambing, ppl. a.
[f. lamb v. + -ing2.]
Of a ewe: Breeding, with young.
1861Times 24 Sept., The roots are..carted to lambing ewes on the pastures. 1883Pall Mall G. 17 Mar. 4/1 They smash the farmer's gates, level his fences..frighten the lambing ewes. |