a1794 M. Palmer (1839) 42 No belving or hooting, nor did her make a preachment to the neighbours, that com'd to zee her.
1875 W. Pengelly in 7 441 About Looe, where a proverb says ‘A belving cow soon forgets her calf’; i.e. A great display of grief is never of much duration.
1929 H. Williamson 3 The belving of cows in the shippens of Foot Farm.
1996 G. Goodland 17 Shrieking owls, mewling seagulls, belving heifers.