cattell

English

Noun

cattell pl (normally plural, singular cattell)

1. Obsolete spelling of cattle.
   • 1504, Nicholas Udall, Roister Doister‎^[1]:

     And haue ye cattell too? and sheepe too?

   • 1578, Raphael Holinshed et al., Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, Volume I, Book 3, Chapter 1 “Of cattell kept for profit,” p. 222,^[2]
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 5:2:

     Or if a soule touch any vncleane thing, whether it be a carcase of an vncleane beast, or a carcase of vncleane cattell, or the carcase of vncleane creeping things, and if it be hidden from him, he also shall be vncleane, and guilty: