in-foal

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in-foal (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal) Of a mare or other female equine: pregnant.
    Coordinate terms: in-calf, in-lamb
    • 1843 March 3, “To Be Sold by Auction, By B. Cheatle & Son”, in Leicester Journal, and Midland Counties General Advertiser, volume 92, number 4895, Leicester: James Jackson, page 2:
      Comprising eleven calved and in-calf cows and heifers, three barren cows, [] fifteen in-lamb ewes and theaves, [] yearling draught colt and filly, pony, yearling fummel, mare ass in-foal to a pony, two waggons, []
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