单词 | chicken brooding |
释义 | chicken broodingn. The incubation or hatching of chicks. Also as a modifier. ΚΠ 1902 Philadelphia Inquirer 19 Aug. 6/6 Herman A. Miller & Son are taking estimates on a chicken brooding house... The building will be of frame, with cement floors, and heated by hot water. 1908 Oxnard (Calif.) Daily Courier 1 May One of the most interesting things ever shown the kindergarten children..was an exhibition of chicken brooding. 1930 Times 28 July (Royal ed.) 18/3 A new era in chicken brooding appears to have dawned with the arrival of the battery brooders. 1980 Swan Valley (Manitoba) Star & Times 5 June 18/1 Standard chicken brooding equipment can be used to raise goslings. 2012 www.hearth.com 12 Apr. (forum post, accessed 11 Apr. 2019) I partitioned the inside [of the shed]..for wood storage in the winter and chicken brooding in the spring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1902 |
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