in-foal

English

Alternative forms

• infoal

Adjective

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, […]

Related terms

• in foal

Further reading

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