noun
gilt
A young female pig that has not yet given birth.
The farmer moves the gilt into a clean, spacious pen.
Etymology
The Old English word names a young sow. Husbandry preserves it as the term for a female pig before she has produced her first litter.
More examples
- We keep the gilts separate from the older sows.
- This gilt is due to have her first litter soon.
- After her first litter, the gilt is called a sow.
Forms
gilt · gilts