ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Heaf

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Heaf is a noun meaning (Northern England) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted; a heft.

Meaning

(Northern England) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted; a heft.

More Meanings

  1. (Northern England) (of farm animals, especially a flock of sheep) To become accustomed to and attached to an area of mountain pasture, seldom straying from it.

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Related dictionary entries include heft, helm, hemmel, haulee, heave, heave-o.

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