Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place where calves are kept in the field. Also written
cauf-ward .
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Examples
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His braw calf-ward whare gowans grew [grazing-plot, daisies]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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Mony a time, when I hae come hame ower late, and faund the West – Port steekit, and the waiter ill-willy, I have garr’d the sexton of Saint Cuthbert’s calf-ward serve me for my quarters.
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