holstein

See also: Holstein and holst ein

English

Noun

holstein (plural holsteins)

1. (rare) Alternative letter-case form of Holstein (“breed of cattle”).
   • 1915, Floyd S. Barlow, Otsego County, in the Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, page 2173:

     The farm bureau, through subscriptions from members, was able to give a holstein bull calf and a trio of fowls as prizes in a contest among the winners of the six districts.

   • 1919 January, in The Chenango County Farm Bureau News, volume 5, number 1, page 7:

     For Sale—Three registered holstein cows. Due to freshen the first of Jan. February and March. Prices that will sell. Age three and five years. Eugene Gibson, Smyrna.

Anagrams

• Holstine, hot lines, hotlines, neoliths