neatbeast

English

Etymology

From neat (“bovine animal”) +‎ beast.

Noun

neatbeast (plural neatbeasts)

  1. (archaic, regional) A domesticated bovine animal (cow, bull, steer etc).

Usage notes

The plural neatbeasts is used when referring to several individual beasts, while neat is used when referring to a herd of them, collectively.

Synonyms

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