Webster's 1913 Dictionary\Beeves\ (b[=e]vz), n.
plural of {Beef}, the animal.
Easton Bible Dictionary(an old English plural of the word beef), a name applicable to all ruminating animals except camels, and especially to the Bovidce, or horned cattle (Lev. 22:19, 21; Num. 31:28, 30, 33, 38, 44).