beeves

noun

1. (archaic, form-of, humorous, plural)plural of beef: cows, bulls, or steers.

   “And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:”

   “...bells and babies are valuable alſo here, and for which, (or one bead of cornelion) you ſhall have in exchange, Sheep (big tail'd like thoſe in Syria and Perſia) Beeves and Buffaloes, big-bond, fat, and Camel-backt...”

   “One way a Band select from forage drives A herd of Beeves, faire Oxen and faire Kine From a fat Meddow ground”

   “…to deliver in every morning six beeves, forty sheep, and other victuals for my sustenance.”

   “"I heard Texas was horses and beeves."”