In extended use. Australian and New Zealand. An aperture in the wall of a shearing shed through which shorn sheep are passed into a counting-out pen.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > shearing-shed > hole through wall (2) porthole1882 In extended use. Australian and New Zealand. An aperture in the wall of a shearing shed through which shorn sheep are passed into a counting-out pen. shoot1900 U.S. ‘An enclosed steep passageway for animals to pass, as from one corral to another or to railway-cars’ (Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895). Australian… |
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