sib-bred

English

Etymology

sib +‎ bred

Adjective

sib-bred (not comparable)

  1. Bred or descended from ancestors who were related.
    • 1883, Robert Linlithgow Wallace, The Canary Book. (2 sect.)., page 91:
      […] have great faith in the London Fancy birds for a cross, and should prefer these birds to Norwich, as they have been sib-bred for at least fifty years.
    • 1914, Eggs and the Intensive World: The Official Organ of the Intensive Poultry League:
      The “sib-bred" canaries shew unmistakable signs of albinism; they are practically white in plumage, and, through lack of pigmentation in the iris […]
    • 1919 (printed 2013), Rosslyn Mannering, Mules and Hybrids - Production, Management, & Exhibition (→ISBN):
      […] of course, can have no effect on its pedigree, which, as the carefully sib-bred hens prove, is really the crucial point in the production of clear Mules.
    • 1920, The Shorthorn World and Farm Magazine, page 128:
      […] reported to be glad to get out of high-priced Shorthorns, for the sib-bred Bates cattle of those days were a delicate lot and frequently went wrong.
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