lambing Definition

lamb
noun

1. A young sheep.
2. The flesh of a lamb or sheep.
3a. colloq
A quiet and well-behaved child;
3b. colloq
A kind, gentle, good, sweet, etc person.

verb, intr lambed, lambing

1. Said of a ewe: to give birth to a lamb or lambs.
2. Said of a shepherd or farmer: to look after ewes that are lambing.

Idiom: like a lamb to the slaughter

Innocently and without resistance.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon.

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lambing
noun

1. The time when ewes give birth to lambs.
2. The work involved in caring for ewes and their newborn lambs.

Etymology: 16c.