beestings

American

[bee-stingz] / ˈbi stɪŋz /

Or beastings,

noun

(used with a singular verb)

the first milk or colostrum of a mammal, especially a cow, after giving birth.

beestings British

/ ˈbiːstɪŋz /

noun

(functioning as singular) the first milk secreted by the mammary glands of a cow or similar animal immediately after giving birth; colostrum

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Etymology

Origin of beestings

before 1000; late Middle English bestynge, Old English bȳsting, equivalent to bēost beestings (cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German biost, German Biest ) + -ing -ing ¹

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