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lambing

lambing

1 4.2
The time when sheep give birth to lambs
  • noun
  • /ˈlæmɪŋ/
translation icon : parto de corderos
  • During spring, farmers prepare for lambing season to ensure the ewes are healthy for giving birth.
  • lambing season
  • dam at lambing
  • weight at lambing

Examples

  • During the lambing season, snow, cold, and fog often endangered the newborn lambs, so the herders built fires to warm themselves and the animals after birth.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The experience of lambing can be both exciting and challenging for new shepherds.

  • This data is an indicator of the lambing season of the Grey goral in the study area.

    Academic text (2015)

  • During lambing season, our neighbors had piles of dead lambs.

    The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout (2024)

  • Dams were grouped into three sets each for parity, age at lambing, and weight at lambing.

    Academic text (2014)

  • At the farm, the peak of lambing occurs when many lambs are born within a few weeks.

Synonyms

birth
vslambing
814 1.0

The process when a baby or young animal comes into the world

is the seasonal process in sheep when they produce their young
birthing
vslambing
34 3.3

The act of giving birth to a baby

is specific to sheep, a seasonal process of producing young

Surface Forms

lambing singular
lambings plural

Morphology

lambing = lamb (transparent) = lamb + ing

Formed from the verb 'lamb' + '-ing' to denote the process or season of giving birth to lambs; the meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Lambing comes from the simple word lamb, meaning 'baby sheep', plus the ending -ing that turns a word into a time or action. So lambing is 'the time or process when sheep give birth to lambs'.