Meaning & use
Gimmer
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A young ewe, especially one between its first and second shearing that has not yet borne a lamb; used mainly in Scottish and northern English farming dialect.
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The farmer separated the gimmers from the older ewes before the spring shearing.
A hardy gimmer can usually be bred for the first time at around eighteen months old.
A note on using this word
"Gimmer" survives mainly in the vocabulary of British hill farming, where precise terms distinguish sheep by age, sex, and breeding history.
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young eweshearling
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