free rangingn.
/ˌfriː ˈreɪn(d)ʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌfri ˈreɪndʒɪŋ/ The action or practice of allowing farm animals free range; unrestricted roaming by an animal, esp. as part of a system of free-range farming.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > action or occupation of pasturing > types of pasturing
foggage1471
summering1477
intercommoning1573
commonage1610
intercommonage1628
fore-eatagea1642
summering ground1664
retropannage1679
summering plain1688
pannage1772
free range1877
free ranging1882
stockage1884
shackage1885
mob stocking1953
1882 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 399 Free ranging of browsing animals through the forest is the relic of a barbarous and unprofitable agriculture.
1898 Times 31 Oct. 7/4 The system of free ranging adopted in the purely pastoral districts.
1937 Amer. Hist. Rev. 42 799 Local fencing..restricted the free ranging of stock.
1994 Wildlife Soc. Bull. 22 48/2 Free ranging of noncommercial chickens should be discouraged on areas managed for wild gallinaceous birds.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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