kine

kine  (kn)

n. Archaic

A plural of cow¹.

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[Middle English kyn, from Old English cna, genitive pl. of c, cow; see cow¹.]

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kine [kaɪn]

n

(functioning as plural) an archaic word for cows, cattle

[Old English cȳna of cows, from cū cow¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

kine - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" Bos taurus, cattle, cows, oxen calf - young of domestic cattle Bos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini bovine - any of various members of the genus Bos ox - an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus stirk - yearling heifer or bullock bullock, steer - castrated bull bull - uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle cow, moo-cow - female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term" beef, beef cattle - cattle that are reared for their meat Welsh Black, Welsh - a breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Wales red poll - hornless short-haired breed of beef and dairy cattle Africander - tall large-horned humped cattle of South Africa; used for meat or draft dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker - cattle that are reared for their milk Devon - red dual-purpose cattle of English origin grade - a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed boeuf, beef - meat from an adult domestic bovine herd - a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans