theave

1. (UK, dialect) A ewe lamb of a specific age; in some areas, applied to lambs in their the first or second year (before they have had lambs themselves), in others to lambs in their third year, before their second shearing.Examples: "The ewes by them-selfe, the share-hogges and theyues by them selfe"; "Comprising eleven calved and in-calf cows and heifers, three barren cows, […] fifteen in-lamb ewes and theaves, […] yearling draught colt and filly, pony, yearling fummel, mare ass in-foal to a pony, two waggons, […]"; "A dorring drush in the caddled yew. / A seance o' theaves beneath the woak."UKdialectal