an extra feeding given to ewes before mating to increase the lambing percentage
Flushing in British English
(ˈflʌʃɪŋ)
noun
a port in the SW Netherlands, in Zeeland province, on Walcheren Island, at the mouth of the West Scheldt river: the first Dutch city to throw off Spanish rule (1572). Pop: 45 000 (2003 est)
Dutch name: Vlissingen
Flushing in American English
(ˈflʌʃɪŋ)
N section of Queens, New York City, on the East River
Word origin
altered < Du Vlissingen, town in the Netherlands
Examples of 'flushing' in a sentence
flushing
She caught his embarrassment off him, a flushing sickness that left them avoiding each other's eyes.
Clive Barker THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (2001)
He heard the sound of a lavatory flushing, then the woman came out into the narrow passage wiping her face with a towel.