| 单词 | holding paddock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasholding paddock holding paddock n. Australian and New Zealand a paddock where sheep or cattle are kept until required (for droving, shearing, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > enclosure > other enclosures post-and-rail paddock1684 straw yard1787 parkc1797 run1853 chicken run1868 creep1886 trap-yard1906 cutout1920 holding pen1923 holding paddock1933 holding yard1950 1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 28 Oct. 17/7 Holding paddock, a small paddock, close to yards, wool~shed, or mustering hut, for holding (not feeding) sheep. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 16 May 38/4 At midday the cattle, mad with thirst, broke out of the holding paddock and vanished in a wild stampede over a high hillcrest into the vast unfenced wilderness of the hills beyond. 1941 Coast to Coast 22 Wiggins said some steers had got out of his holding paddocks. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Oct. 35 Cattle in a holding paddock before being drafted. < as lemmas |
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