单词 | range war |
释义 | > as lemmasrange war range war n. U.S. a struggle for the control and use of a livestock range. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > struggle for control of cattle or sheep range range war1893 1893 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 13 Apr. 1/5 46 men reported killed in a range war between ranchmen and rustlers in Wyoming. 1939 C. W. Towne Her Majesty Montana 89 In the days of the big ranges there never was any trouble between the cattlemen and the sheepmen, and there never was a ‘range war’ between them in Montana. 2000 E. L. Uys Riding Rails (2003) 90 They ran cattle, kept horses, and raised crops on lands where shots still rang out in range wars. < as lemmas |
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