English Explanatory Dictionary

theave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A ewe lamb of a specific age; in some areas, applied to lambs in their the first or second year (before they have had lambs themselves), in others to lambs in their third year, before their second shearing.

Pronunciation

/θiːv/ /θeɪv/

Word forms

theave theaves thaive thave

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English theve (“young ewe”), from Old English *þeofu, from Proto-West Germanic *þebu.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary