Meaning of yean in English:

verb

• (of a sheep or goat) give birth to (a lamb or kid)

  ‘the day a lamb was yeaned’

  no object ‘the ewes yean in a yard or standing pen’

  More example sentences

  • ‘When the Riabhog days are done, the temperature rises, the lambs are yeaned under the hawthorn trees.’
  • ‘The sheep yeaned without any bother and there was no need for overtime in the ‘maternity unit’.’