lambing

/ ˈlæmɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. the birth of lambs
   2. ( as modifier )

      lambing time

2. the shepherd's work of tending the ewes and newborn lambs at this time

Example Sentences

The orbits of the eye—the eye-cap, or bone,—not too projecting, that it may not form a fatal obstacle in lambing.

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When lambing in the field, only a few should be together, as the young sometimes get changed, and the dams refuse to own them.

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The lambing of sheep in small inclosures on the open range has resulted in the saving of a large percentage of the lambs.

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On the breast that Harrowweald turns to the south they had set a lambing-yard.

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THE winter came and went; the lambing season was over, and spring already shyly kissing the land.

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