| 单词 | crushpen |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrush-pen crush-pen n. (see sense 4c above). crush-pen c. A funnel-shaped fenced passage along which cattle, sheep, or horses are driven for branding, dipping, etc. In full crush-pen. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > enclosure > branding or dipping corral or shute crush-pen1856 race1862 branding-yard1881 chute1881 branding-chute1882 branding-corrall1885 crush-yard1888 squeeze chute1899 squeeze gate1925 shute1961 1856 W. Roberts Diary 18 Dec. in J. H. Beattie Early Runholding in Otago (1947) vi. 43 There was no crush pen or drafting race. 1872 C. H. Eden My Wife & I in Queensland iii. 69 A crush, which is an elongated funnel, becoming so narrow at the end that a beast is wedged in and unable to move. 1889 R. C. Praed Romance of Station iv Those animals which were drafted through the crush into the mob destined for sale. 1890 R. C. Praed Romance of Station ii The ‘crush’, or branding lane. 1892 W. E. Swanton Notes on N.Z. ii. 124 The [unbroken] horses are put in a stockyard, and there roped or driven into a crush. 1895 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 Nov. 702/2 A crush—that is, long lines of parallel fences just wide enough for one horse to pass at a time—was erected; they were driven into this long lane. 1931 T. A. Harper Windy Island iii. iv. 240 The lean-to in its turn was divided into crush pens and a large receiving pen. 1936 M. Franklin All that Swagger x. 91 Delacy erected trap yards and drafting crushes. 1942 E. Afr. Ann. 1941–2 105/1 Several hundred protesting cattle must be put through the ‘crush’ and jabbed with the big hypodermic needle. < as lemmas |
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