kine of cattle

A Kine of Cattle

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A group of cattle is appropriately known as a kine. What Does “A Kine of Cattle” Mean? “Kine” is a bit of a linguistic oddity on this list, because it isn’t really a collective noun for cattle so much as it is an old plural of the word “cow” itself. In Middle English, “kine” served … Read more