Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A beast two winters old.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. A domestic animal two winters old.
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- noun UK, dialect An
animal twowinters old.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Bardsley explains Twentyman as an imitative corruption of twinter-man, the man in charge of the twinters, two-year-old colts.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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During the time the young male calf is suckled by his mother, he is called a bull-or ox-calf; when turned a year old, he is called a stirk, stot, or yearling; on the completion of his second year, he is called a two-year-old bull or steer (and in some counties a twinter); then, a three-year-old steer; and at four, an ox or a bullock, which latter names are retained till death.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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During the time the young male calf is suckled by his mother, he is called a bull-or ox-calf; when turned a year old, he is called a stirk, stot, or yearling; on the completion of his second year, he is called a two-year-old bull or steer (and in some counties a twinter); then, a three-year-old steer; and at four, an ox or a bullock, which latter names are retained till death.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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a cow-calf; at the age of a year, she is called a yearling quey; in another year, a heifer, or twinter; then, a three-year-old quey or twinter; and, at four years old, a cow.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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a cow-calf; at the age of a year, she is called a yearling quey; in another year, a heifer, or twinter; then, a three-year-old quey or twinter; and, at four years old, a cow.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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adj., Of two winters; two years old: said of cattle and sheep (also of colts); or n., A two-year-old cow, ox, horse, or sheep.
Cf. thrinter.
August 9, 2008
vendingmachine commented on the word twinter
dialectal, British
: a sheep, ox, or horse that has lived through two winters.
September 21, 2018