teg

or tegg

[ teg ]

noun
  1. Animal Husbandry.

    • a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.

    • the wool shorn from such a sheep.

  2. Chiefly British. a two-year-old doe.

  1. British Dialect. a yearling sheep.

Origin of teg

1
First recorded in 1520–30; origin uncertain

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British Dictionary definitions for teg

teg

/ (tɛɡ) /


noun
  1. a two-year-old sheep

  2. the fleece of a two-year-old sheep

Origin of teg

1
C16: of unknown origin

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