wethers
- plural of wether.
Example Sentences
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We subsequently saw several of these "grey wethers" in the grounds of Cobham Hall, and we noticed small masses of the same stone in situ in Pear Tree Lane, near Gad's Hill Place.
From A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land by Hughes, William R. (William Richard)
Massinger speaks of “the carcases Of three fat wethers bruised for gravy, to Make sauce for a single peacock.”
From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883
In a few years our flocks had increased, so that we built a corral and shed a mile and a half away, where we kept our band of wethers and a herder.
From Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences by Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska
First, the does should be separated from the wethers, if they have been running together, and a "wether band" made.
From Practical Angora Goat Raising by
The wethers may be fattened at 18 to 30 months, and the ewes at 3 to 5 years, when first required as breeders.
