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stall-feed, v.
[f. stall n.1 + feed v.]
1. trans. To feed (an animal) in a stall.
1763Mills Pract. Husb. III. 173 [The crop] will be sufficient to stall-feed four bullocks during the three winter months. 1861Wynter Soc. Bees 143 We stall-feed milch cows in upper stories in London houses.
2. Of an animal: To undergo feeding or fattening in a stall.
1766Complete Farmer s.v. Turnep 7 Q 2/2, I have now two bullocks which are stall-feeding upon turnips.
Hence stall-feeding vbl. n.
1805R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 1045 This..is..less advantageous in the point of fattening than that of wholly confining them to the stalls, or what is usually termed stall-feeding. 1865Trollope Belton Est. iv, The building of a shed for winter stall-feeding. |