beestings

/ˈbiː.stɪŋz/

Etymology

From Old English bȳsting, derived from bēost, from Proto-West Germanic *beust.

noun

  1. The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth.“He took a jug of ‘beestings’ milk from the press, the milk of a cow that has recently calved, and drank it down in six big gulps.”