单词 | mucking out |
释义 | > as lemmasmucking out mucking out n. the action of cleaning a stable, etc., by removing dung, soiled straw, and the like; cf. sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > mucking out muckinga1642 mucking out1840 1840 How to buy Horse viii. 160 This Augæan labor is termed ‘mucking out’. 1957 Times 2 July (Agric. Suppl.) p. vi/3 In a modern fattening house we have also to make provision for minimum labour requirements in feeding, mucking out and weighing. 1993 Harrowsmith Aug. 14/2 Two or three feedings, mucking out—you would be amazed at the ability of a horse to convert a few flakes of hay and a quart of oats into a hefty load of wet manure. < as lemmas |
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