cattlebeast

plural cattlebeasts · plural cattle

1. alternativeAlternative form of cattle beast.

   Cellular elements of the blood were similar to those of cattlebeast.

   1980, Investigation of the Occurrence and Behavior Patterns of Whales in the Vicinity of the Beaufort Sea Lease Area, page 9

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   In some cases the loss of a cattlebeast will affect the farmer, the loss of a few pounds on some speculation will distress the merchant, the loss of her raven locks, and the rose upon her cheek, and the fading charms that won admiration, will grieve the woman, more than the loss of immortal souls.

   1859, Thomas Guthrie, The City: Its Sins and Sorrows, page 81

   […] which is how I first met him one day, hearing fiddle music from far away, so I went hurrying over the rise through the dwarf pines and juniper to a clearing where he was slowly dancing by himself in a field surrounded by cattlebeasts and the cattle were spotted black and white, the sky being an ice-blue that was hard on the eyes in the sunlight

   1993, David Lampe, Myths & Voices: Contemporary Canadian Fiction, page 73

   There was water to be poured from the barrel into each tiny bowl, and the remains of a butchered cattlebeast to be cut into portions for each animal.

   2012, Fiona Farrell, Mr Allbones' Ferrets

   The vet was called but by the time he arrived this cattlebeast was in a pretty bad way so it was decided to butcher the steer to have the meat for the freezer.

   2015, W.A. Irwin, Recollections and Experiences of a Horse, Cattle, and Farm Machinery Dealer, Auctioneer, Car Salesman and Farmer