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lamb-ale

lamb-ale noun: a feast at the time of lamb-shearing.

Noun

lamb-ale (plural lamb-ales)

  1. (historical) A feast at the time of lamb-shearing.
    • Lamb-ales are still maintained at Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, for an annual feast at lamb-shearing.1914, Edmund Atwil Wasson, Religion and Drink, page 161

Forms of lamb-ale

plurallamb-ales

Questions about lamb-ale

What does lamb-ale mean?
Lamb-ale means a feast at the time of lamb-shearing.
What part of speech is lamb-ale?
Lamb-ale is a noun.
What is the plural of lamb-ale?
The plural of lamb-ale is lamb-ales.

Words near lamb-ale in the dictionary

  1. lamb's tongue
  2. lamb's-ear
  3. lamb's-foot
  4. lamb's-quarter
  5. lamb's-quarters
  6. lamb-ale
  7. lamb-ales
  8. Lamb-god
  9. lamba
  10. Lambac
  11. lambada

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