beeves

[ beevz ]

noun

1. a plural of beef.

beeves

/ biːvz /

noun

1. archaic.
   the plural of beef

Example Sentences

“The Navy captured a rebel ship off the coast of New Haven, filled with sheep and beeves.”

From Literature

With three employees, they can process about 10 beeves and 10 hogs every week.

From Washington Times

But if you raid the beeves, I see destruction for ship and crew.

From Literature

He described it as “a few hundred acres of dirt, some clusters of old barns and outbuildings… a few beeves and hogs or a flock of sheep.”

From Salon

This was, indeed, a prodigious pot that could boil four-and-twenty quadrupeds of the sort, for Ireland was always famous for its large pigs and beeves.

From Project Gutenberg