lambing

British

/ ˈlæmɪŋ /

noun

1. the birth of lambs
2. ( as modifier )
  
  lambing time
the shepherd's work of tending the ewes and newborn lambs at this time

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"When we come back in February we'll start lambing. Then we have a second lot of lambing usually around the Easter holidays. We're harvesting in the summer holidays - it's relentless really. It's busy."

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

Spring lambing season is Bowie's busiest time, but there's still work to be done on the farm at Christmas.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

The season began in spring 1940 with goat shenanigans and the demands of lambing, a typical time in the Yorkshire Dales for the denizens of Skeldale House.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024

It had been the center of the lambing operation long enough that the road leading up to it was designed for wagon traffic.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

Then as the sun started to come up we made our way slowly, wounded and exhausted, to the lambing barn.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff

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