Meaning of stirk | Babel Free

Definitions

A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.

British, Scotland, dated, dialectal

Examples

“But beware of MacPhadraick, my son; for when he called himself the friend of your father, he better loved the most worthless stirk in his herd, than he did the life-blood of MacTavish Mhor.”

“Comprising eleven calved and in-calf cows and heifers, three barren cows, four fat cows and heifers, two sturks and three yearlings; fifteen in-lamb ewes and theaves, […]”

“he could stop a running stirk by the horns, so strong he was in the wrist-bones.”

CEFR level