Obs. Also 8 kebbar. [? Related to KEB sb.1] An old or diseased sheep that is removed from the flock; a crone.
1538. Elyot, Bibl., Reieculæ uel reijculæ oues, sheepe drawen out of the folde for aege or syckenesse, kebbers, crones, or cullyars.
1611. Cotgr., s.v. Rebut, Brebis de rebut, Drapes, Cullings, or Kebbers; old, or diseased sheepe which be not worth keeping.
1726. Dict. Rust. (ed. 3), s.v., Kebbers or Cullers, refuse Sheep taken out of the Flock.
