Tegg
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tegg is a noun meaning A sheep in its second year or before its first shearing.
Meaning
A sheep in its second year or before its first shearing.
More Meanings
- The wool from such a sheep.
Example Sentences
It would prove much to the advantage of those who keep long woolled sheep if they suffered the lambs of their flock to retain their fleeces until the next year's shearing, as they would then produce a class of wool known by the name of tegg or hogget wool
Word Forms
- teggs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hogg, hoggaster, hogget, yeanling, yelt, doeling.
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