| 单词 | sheep-gate |
| 释义 | > as lemmassheep-gate sheep-gate n. (a) [gate n.2 8] pasturage, or the right of pasturage, for sheep (or a sheep); (b) [gate n.1] a gate for the passage of sheep; a hurdle for enclosing sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > passage or gate for sheep sheep-gate1535 swing-gate1774 folding-slap1787 hog-gap1878 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture > sheep pasture heafc1525 sheep-gate1535 herdwick1537 fold-course1538 wether gang1561 sheep-walk1586 sheep's course1623 sheep-weald1634 sheep-rake1653 sleighta1697 sheep-leasea1722 sheep-sleighta1722 hirsel1822 sheep-run1826 sheep-heaf1844 shepherd land1892 heft1960 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras iii. 1 Eliasib the hye prest..buylded the Shepegate. 1537–8 in J. C. Atkinson Cartularium Abbathiae de Rievalle (1889) 352 Two messes..with all the shepe-gates and common of pasture. 1569 T. Wilson Disc. Vsurye (1584) 97 For tillage, [they] vse sheepe~gates, where no men are maintained. 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue iii. 109 What is a Cowe, Oxe, Horse, or sheepe-gate woorth by the yeere, or by the weeke. c1882 J. Lucas Stud. Nidderdale iii. 7 ‘Sheep-gates’..are let..with each farm. 1883 J. Y. Stratton Hops & Hop-pickers 47 A lodging for hoppers..constructed by means of sheep-gates thatched with straw. < as lemmas |
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