teg

American  

[teg] / tɛg /

Or tegg

noun

1. Animal Husbandry.

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

   2. the wool shorn from such a sheep.

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

3. British Dialect. a yearling sheep.

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teg British  

/ tɛɡ /

noun

1. a two-year-old sheep

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

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Etymology

Origin of teg

First recorded in 1520–30; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Ass yw teg an gwel Fatel wrav vy mos dhe'n gwerthjiow?

From BBC • May 30, 2012

Love to listen to his pleasant stories of foreign lands, ghosts and tylwith teg; but before him deem it wise to be mum, quite mum. 

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

"Reckon he don't know a teg from a tup," said Furnese.

From Joanna Godden by Kaye-Smith, Sheila

The landlord hesitated, looked around him, seemed about to speak, smiled, and said, in his soft, solemn voice, feeling his way word by word through the unfamiliar language: "Ah lag to teg you apar'."

From The Grandissimes by Cable, George Washington

Love to listen to his pleasant stories of foreign lands, ghosts and tylwith teg; but before him, deem it wise to be mum, quite mum. 

From Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by Borrow, George Henry