noun
- a disease affecting livestock, especially cattle; a plague or pestilence among animals
Usage: archaic or literary; often used historically or in biblical contexts
Examples
- The murrain swept through the village's cattle herds, killing dozens of animals.
- In medieval times, a murrain could devastate an entire region's livestock.
- The farmer feared a murrain would destroy his herd before winter.
- Biblical plagues included a murrain sent upon the Egyptian cattle.
- The mysterious murrain left the villagers without milk or meat for months.