a drift of cattle
The animals being moved in a drive, as of cattle, goats, horses, pigs or sheep.
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
- Also used for
- bees, birds, fishers, goats, horses, pigs, sheep
- Also spelled
- Dryfte (1486)
Subject · Animals → Mammals
Cattle
A group of cattle can be called: drift · drove · gang · herd · obstinacy · troop · team · yoke
- Collective nouns
- 8
- Category
- Animals
- Subcategory
- Mammals
- High confidence
- 6
- Book of St Albans
- 1
Collective nouns for cattle
a drove of cattle
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source, wikipedia-cited
- Also used for
- donkeys, hares, pigs, elves
- Also spelled
- Droue (1486)
a gang of cattle
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also used for
- elk, turkeys, weasels
a herd of cattle
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited, wikipedia-uncited, wiktionary-attested
- Also used for
- antelopes, boars, cetaceans, cranes, curlews, deer, donkeys, elk, goats, harlots +24 more
- Also spelled
- Herde (1486)
6 sources
- Wikipedia - List of animal names
- Zoological Society of San Diego - Animal group names
- U.S. Geological Survey Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center - Common Questions: What Do You Call a Group of...?
- Oxford University Press - AskOxford: B
- Wiktionary - herd
- Wiktionary - Appendix:English collective nouns
an obstinacy of cattle
- Context
- buffaloes
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also used for
- bison, buffalo
a troop of cattle
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
- Also used for
- apes, baboons, dogfish, gorillas, kangaroos, meerkats, monkeys, primates, kinkajous, mongooses +1 more
a team of cattle
- Context
- oxen
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
- Also used for
- dolphins, ducks, geese, horses, pigs
1 source
a yoke of cattle
- Context
- oxen
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
1 source
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