Definitions
A young female cow that has not yet had a calf.
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English heyfre, hayfre, heyfer, from Old English hēahfore, hēahfru, of disputed origin; see the Old English entry for more discussion.
Used in a sentence
“We muſt be neat; not neat, but cleanly, Captaine: / And yet the Steere, the Heycfer^([sic]), and the Calfe, / Are all call'd Neat.”
“The breath of the mountain heifer was fragrant as the gales of Sirendiep, by feeding on ſpicy herbs.”
“Her, whom I shall choose for my heicfar.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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