| 单词 | jackal-proof |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjackal-proof jackal-proof adj. secure against jackals; spec. (of fencing or netting) effective in preventing jackals from gaining access. ΚΠ 1889 H. A. Bryden Kloof & Karroo 249 This fencing..is now, by an ingenious arrangement of wires laid flat upon the ground, rendered jackal proof. 1896 R. Wallace Farming Industries Cape Colony xvii. 339 Safety can be secured for the breeding flock by enclosing them in a camp protected by a jackal-proof fence. 1924 D. Mills Road to Timbuktu xiii. 167 It would have taken a long time to dig a jackal-proof grave. 1937 Charleville Times (Brisbane) 8 Jan. 1/3 Farming in South Africa... Beating the Jackal... The practice of yarding flocks nightly is slowly yielding to the better management of erecting jackal-proof netting. ?1967 Sheep in Rhodesia (Rhodesia Sheep Producers Assoc.) 11 At night sheep are run into a netted jackal-proof yard. 2005 Africa News (Nexis) 15 Apr. The obligatory jackal-proof fences on sheep farms in southern Namibia are considered as game-proof fences for non-jumping game. < as lemmas |
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