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English
Noun
cattell pl (normally plural, singular cattell)
- Obsolete spelling of cattle.
1504, Nicholas Udall, Roister Doister:And haue ye cattell too? and sheepe too?
- 1578, Raphael Holinshed et al., Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, Volume I, Book 3, Chapter 1 “Of cattell kept for profit,” p. 222,
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Leviticus 5:2:Or if a soule touch any vncleane thing, whether it be a carcase of an vncleane beast, or a carcase of vncleane cattell, or the carcase of vncleane creeping things, and if it be hidden from him, he also shall be vncleane, and guilty: