Associations to the word «Heaf»

Wiktionary

HEAF, noun. (Northern England) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become heafed; a heft.
HEAF, verb. (Northern England) (of farm animals, especially a flock of sheep) To become accustomed to and attached to an area of mountain pasture, seldom straying from it.

Wise words

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