horsiculturen.
/ˈhɔːsɪˌkʌltʃə/ Chiefly disparaging.
The commercial development of farmland for the pasturing of horses or for equestrian activities.
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1979 Daily Tel. 13 Oct. 12/2 Drive out of almost any city in Britain today and you pass through a zone carrying the desolate marks of ‘horseyculture’—fields given over to the pasturing of horses for riding rather than cattle or sheep.
1984 Daily Tel. 20 Aug. 13/4 Local councils and conservation bodies are becoming increasingly worried about the growth of ‘horseculture’—a new fashion whereby farmers divide up land and sell small plots for people to graze their horses.
1986 Horse & Hound 18 Apr. 31/1 Results of ‘horsiculture’ are wide-ranging, and can be the cause of conflict between neighbouring farmers, local residents and other countryside users.
1990 Sunday Correspondent 8 Apr. 51/4 Southerners realised they could buy an imposing Scottish castle... Most were looking for ‘horsiculture’ rather than agriculture.
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