1. a young animal (especially a lamb or calf) abandoned by its mother and raised by hand
Usage: chiefly British and Australian; often used in farming contexts
2. a barrel or cask, especially a small one
Usage: archaic; regional

Examples

• The farmer bottle-fed the cade lamb through the winter.
• Several cades were born during the difficult lambing season.
• The shepherd raised three cades after their mothers rejected them.
• A cade calf requires careful attention and regular feeding.
• Without intervention, the cade would not have survived.