Definition of beestings in English:
beestings
plural noun ˈbiːstɪŋzˈbistɪŋz
treated as singular The first milk produced by a cow or goat after giving birth.
Example sentencesExamples
- Add 2 parts beestings to 1 part water and stir over a fire or stove until it thickens.
- Yellow beestings mixed with milk are poured in an animal's stomach or gut and boiled with meat.
- Very high in protein, beestings is used in Spain for the production of Armada, a strong, semi-firm cheese.
- One recipe featuring beestings calls for you to leave the kitchen, go to the cow shed and milk the beestings directly into the bowl!
- Preferably, the selected cow is a cow, which recently has given birth to a calf, and thus produces beestings.
Origin
Old English bȳsting, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch biest and German Biest(milch).
Definition of beestings in US English:
beestings
(also beastings)
plural nounˈbistɪŋzˈbēstiNGz
treated as singular The first milk produced by a cow or goat after giving birth.
Example sentencesExamples
- One recipe featuring beestings calls for you to leave the kitchen, go to the cow shed and milk the beestings directly into the bowl!
- Yellow beestings mixed with milk are poured in an animal's stomach or gut and boiled with meat.
- Preferably, the selected cow is a cow, which recently has given birth to a calf, and thus produces beestings.
- Add 2 parts beestings to 1 part water and stir over a fire or stove until it thickens.
- Very high in protein, beestings is used in Spain for the production of Armada, a strong, semi-firm cheese.
Origin
Old English bȳsting, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch biest and German Biest(milch).