cocksfootingn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒksˌfʊtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkɑksˌfʊdɪŋ/, New Zealand English

/ˈkɒksˌfʊdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cocksfoot n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < cocksfoot n. (compare sense 2 at that entry) + -ing suffix¹. Compare cocksfooter n.

New Zealand. Now historical.

The gathering of cocksfoot seed for sale. Cf. grass seeding n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > picking or gathering other things

wool-gathering1581

mossing1700

acorning1818

cocksfooting1896

turpentining1910

wildcraft1924

1896 Lyttelton (N.Z.) Times 10 Apr. 6/5 (headline) Cheques made at cocksfooting.

1903 N.Z. Illustr. Mag. Aug. 352/1 In many ways cocksfooting resembles shearing.

1961 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 326 17/1 Bill Gillespie once told me that he first went cocksfooting on Banks Peninsula to earn sufficient money to buy some horses for contracting so that he could support his mother and family.

1996 O. Koivukangas From Midnight Sun to Long White Cloud v. 67 Workers either had to move elsewhere or to take casual farmwork—or take on small-scale dairying and cocksfooting to survive.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cocksfooting
释义	cocksfootingn. Brit. /ˈkɒksˌfʊtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɑksˌfʊdɪŋ/, New Zealand English /ˈkɒksˌfʊdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cocksfoot n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < cocksfoot n. (compare sense 2 at that entry) + -ing suffix¹. Compare cocksfooter n. New Zealand. Now historical. The gathering of cocksfoot seed for sale. Cf. grass seeding n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > picking or gathering other things wool-gathering1581 mossing1700 acorning1818 cocksfooting1896 turpentining1910 wildcraft1924 1896 Lyttelton (N.Z.) Times 10 Apr. 6/5 (headline) Cheques made at cocksfooting. 1903 N.Z. Illustr. Mag. Aug. 352/1 In many ways cocksfooting resembles shearing. 1961 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 326 17/1 Bill Gillespie once told me that he first went cocksfooting on Banks Peninsula to earn sufficient money to buy some horses for contracting so that he could support his mother and family. 1996 O. Koivukangas From Midnight Sun to Long White Cloud v. 67 Workers either had to move elsewhere or to take casual farmwork—or take on small-scale dairying and cocksfooting to survive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1896
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