paddockingn.
/ˈpadəkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpædəkɪŋ/, Australian English /ˈpædəkɪŋ/, New Zealand English /ˈpɛdəkɪŋ/ Originally Australian and New Zealand.
The action of paddock v. (in various senses).
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1862 J. A. Patterson Gold Fields Victoria xii. 136 They [sc. Chinese miners] associate in large bodies to carry out, co-operatively, some large paddocking enterprize.
1871 Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 8 July 42/4 The splendid herds..are the result of a gradual but sure process of improvement by selection, special importation, and paddocking.
1891 Overland Monthly July 66/2 Shepherding, as a system of sheep farming, is considered rather behind the times now in Australia; and ‘paddocking’, or the use of large enclosures, is more approved.
1910 Bulletin (Sydney) 27 Oct. 13/4 In the early days of Stanthorpe..when tin was to be had for the ‘paddocking’, and was worth selling, the Chows flocked there in droves.
1959 M. Durack Kings in Grass Castles (1974) 212 Descendants of English and Scots landed gentry brought up in the tradition of fences and careful paddocking.
1991 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 17 464 Animal production scientists argue that paddocking is not an effective way of raising management levels of animal production.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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