in-calf, a.
(ɪnˈkɑːf)
Also 6 encalf.
[attrib. use of phrase in calf: see in prep. 10 b.]
Of a cow: That is in calf; pregnant. So inˈcalving a.; inˈcalver, a cow in calf.
| 1556 Richmond. Wills (1853) 90 To everye of the sonnes of Evan Haddocke..one encalf qwye. 1613 Sir R. Boyle Diary in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 29, I delivered him 30 incalf cows and vj oxen. 1856 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 372 It is their common practice to purchase incalving cows. 1886 Leeds Merc. 22 Feb. 6/4 Not so many milch cows and incalvers. 1890 Stratford-on-Avon Herald 19 Dec. 6/2 Keeping in-calf cows on the pastures in the bleak days and chilly nights of October and November. |