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out-run, n.|ˈaʊtrʌn| [out- 1, 7.] 1. a. An outlying or distant ‘run’ for cattle or sheep; outlying pasture land.
1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer vi. 47 They'd come off a very far out-run. 1895Daily News 3 Apr. 5/4 More attention is being paid to cultivation, to rotation of crops, to reclamation of outruns. b. spec. in Shetland: see quot.
1898Shetland News 3 Dec. (E.D.D.), The ‘outrun’, or enclosed arable land which surrounds the homestead. 2. Outcome; result.
1800Asiat. Ann. Reg., Proc. Parl. 34/1 A comparison of the revenues and charges of the year 1798–9 as estimated, and according to the actual out-run. 3. The act or fact of running out; spec. the outward run of a sheepdog.
1884American VIII. 308 To check the outrun of this. 1938[see fetch n.1 1]. 1955[see lift n.2 5 i]. 1973Country Life 25 Oct. 1292/1 The collie's gathering outrun follows a wide curving natural cast..and ends behind the sheep. 4. [G. auslauf]. In Skiing: see quots.
1913F. H. Harris Dartmouth out o' Doors 101 The ‘out-run’—the level stretch at the foot of the hill on which the jumpers check their speed. 1957Encycl. Brit. XX. 749/2 He leans far forward over the points of his skis with arms outstretched, planing his body to increase his distance, lands with a slight give to his knees and speeds onto the outrun. 1963Amer. Speech XXXVIII. 206 Out run, in general, the bottom end of a ski run. In ski-jumping, the distance between the take-off and the landing point. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVI. 836/2 After the slope levels off, the jumper stops by turning on the outrun. |