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chilver

/ˈt͡ʃɪlvə(ɹ)/

chilver noun: a female lamb.

Noun

chilver (plural chilvers)

  1. A female lamb.
    • The chilver and pur lambs, at 2d. per head for about 40 weeks, will cost1812, General View of the Agriculture of the County of Dorset, page 407
    • For the last few years I have put out my Chilver lambs to keep from the middle of October til Lady-day upon a dry, sheltered, and healthy farm, andd as the result of this plan, I have found that the lambs did quite as well there with cut swedes and hay as they would on my high exposed farm during...1868, British Farmer's Magazine - Issue 54, page 114

chilver meaning in Tamil and Arabic

chilver in Tamil

செம்மறிப்பெண்குட்டி

chilver in Arabic

female lamb
رَخْل raḵl, رِخْل riḵl, رِخْلَة riḵla, خَرُوفَة ḵarūfa

Examples of chilver in a sentence

  • Among the purchasers of the Chilver lambs were Mr.1874, The Farmer's Magazine - Volume 76, page 259:
  • To repairing Hurne bridge 1 chilver shepe.1898, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, page 66:
  • In the summer and autumn, the chilver lambs are frequently folded, being fed on grass, rape, turnips, and hay, from the latter end of summer till the following spring.1970, William Marshall, Southern and peninsular departments, page 280:

Forms of chilver

pluralchilvers

Origin of chilver

Inherited from Middle English *chilvere, from Old English *ċilfor (in ċilforlamb), from Proto-West Germanic *kilbuʀju, from *kelbuʀ + *-ju.

Words that rhyme with chilver

Questions about chilver

What does chilver mean?
Chilver means a female lamb.
What is chilver in Tamil?
Chilver in Tamil is செம்மறிப்பெண்குட்டி. See Chilver meaning in Tamil.
How do you use chilver in a sentence?
Among the purchasers of the Chilver lambs were Mr.
What part of speech is chilver?
Chilver is a noun.
How do you pronounce chilver?
Chilver is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɪlvə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of chilver?
The plural of chilver is chilvers.

Words near chilver in the dictionary

  1. chiluite
  2. Chilula
  3. Chilulas
  4. Chilunda
  5. Chilung
  6. chilver
  7. chilvers
  8. Chilwell
  9. Chilwells
  10. Chilworth
  11. chim

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