ppl. a. [? f. FINCH + -ED2; but the meaning is not accounted for.] (See quots.)
1786. Culley, Live Stock, 56. They [Long-horned Cattle] … have (in general) a white streak or lace along their back, which the breeders term finched.
1794. Wedge, Agric. Surv. Chester, 31. Their [cows’] prevailing colours are red, brindled and pied; with almost universally ‘finched,’ or white backs.
1825. in Loudon, Encycl. Agric., § 6108. 954 (quoting Culley).
