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Clabber

//ˈklæb.ə(ɹ)// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
Sour or curdled milk. uncountable
"Even butter had proved beyond her means, for the milk she had tried to churn had never firmed up beyond the consistency of runny clabber."
2
raw milk that has soured and thickened wordnet
3
Wet clay or mud. uncountable

Verb

1
To sour or curdle.
"They always had more milk than they needed and often entire buckets would clabber and one of her brothers would carry it out to the bunkhouse for the vaqueros."
2
turn into curds wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Shortening of bonny clabber, from Irish bainne clábar (“mud, thick milk for churning”) or a Scots Gaelic cognate thereof; the latter is probably related to láib (“dirt, mud, filth”).

Etymology 2

Shortening of bonny clabber, from Irish bainne clábar (“mud, thick milk for churning”) or a Scots Gaelic cognate thereof; the latter is probably related to láib (“dirt, mud, filth”).

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