in-calf

See also: in calf and incalf

English

Alternative forms

• incalf

Adjective

in-calf (not comparable)

1. (dialectal) Of a cow: pregnant.

   Coordinate terms: in-foal, 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, […]

   • 1845 January 8, “By Mr. Leedam”, in The Derby Mercury, volume 114, number 5870, Derby: Thomas Burroughs, page 2:

     Twelve useful in-calf Short-horned Dairy Cows, eleven in-calf Heifers, eleven Stirks, […] half-bred Filly by Spotswood, Fummel, 50 inlamb Leicester Ewes, 20 Ewe Hogs, […] about 5 Acres of White Turnips to be sold in lots, […]

Related terms

• in calf

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “in-calf, a.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.