noun
- the first milk produced by a mammal after giving birth, especially by a cow
Usage: also called colostrum
Examples
- The farmer collected the beastings from the cow that had just calved.
- Beastings are rich in antibodies that help protect newborn animals.
- The calf needs to drink beastings within the first few hours of life.
- Traditional recipes sometimes call for beastings to make puddings.
- Veterinarians recommend that newborns receive beastings as soon as possible.
- The thick, yellowish beastings looked different from regular milk.