New Zealand. Of a trained dog: to make a wide sweep when mustering sheep. Also, to direct a dog to make such a sweep. Cf. cast, n. 41c.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > rear sheep [verb (intransitive)] > herd sheep > action of sheepdog (3) cast1911 New Zealand. Of a trained dog: to make a wide sweep when mustering sheep. Also, to direct a dog to make such a sweep. Cf. cast, n. 41c. lift1921 transitive. Of a sheepdog: to establish control over a flock of sheep. Cf. lift, n.2 5i. back1934 intransitive. (See quot. 1942.) |
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