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lamb-ales

lamb-ales is the plural of lamb-ale.

Meaning of lamb-ale

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

Questions about lamb-ales

What is lamb-ales the plural of?
Lamb-ales is the plural of lamb-ale.

Words near lamb-ales in the dictionary

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

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