yeanling

American  

[yeen-ling] / ˈjin lɪŋ /

noun

1. the young of a sheep or goat; a lamb or kid.

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adjective

1. just born; infant.

yeanling British  

/ ˈjiːnlɪŋ /

noun

1. the young of a goat or sheep

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Etymology

Origin of yeanling

First recorded in 1630–40; yean + -ling ¹

Example Sentences

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yeanling

So, with such pain, recoils the woolly dam, Unused, affrighted, from her yeanling lamb: I, one with her in cruel fellowship, Marvel what unmaternal thing I am.

From New Poems by Thompson, Francis

But when, at length, Aurora, day-spring’s daughter rosy-palm’d Look’d forth, then, kindling fire, his flocks he milk’d In order, and her yeanling kid or lamb Thrust under each.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

Washed in baptismal waters she shall be Led like the clean-fleeced yeanling to the fold.

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations by Lazarus, Emma