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ˈwinter-feed, v. trans.
To feed or maintain (animals, etc.) during winter. Hence ˈwinter-ˌfeeding vbl. n.; also ˈwinter-feed n., food supplied to animals during winter.
1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. iv. Captains 947 The wide-straddling Mower; That..Cuts-cross the swathes to winter-feed his Farm. a1722Lisle Husb. (1757) 276, I was saying that I had winter-feed..for more beasts than I had. 1762Mills Syst. Pract. Husb. I. 373 In Leicestershire, where they absurdly winter-feed their wheat by consent. 1765Museum Rust. IV. 400 Deduct for the ewes winter-feed..3 8 0. 1805Forsyth Beauties Scot. II. 221 Stall or winter-feeding of cattle or sheep. 1887Rogers Agric. & Prices V. 180 In 1595–6, peas and beans..were generally purchased for winter feed in the stable. |