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单词 sheep-walk
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sheep-walkn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheep-walk.
A tract of grass-land used for pasturing sheep.
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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
1586 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. ii. xix. i. 205/2 Townes pulled downe for sheepe-walks.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 431 A field, Part arable and tilth,..the other part sheep-walks and foulds. View more context for this quotation
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 111 Sheep-walks populous with bleating lambs.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 81 The dales..Are now one sheep-walk waste and wide.
1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 122 A study of the botany and geology of a sheep-walk is one of the first steps to successful herding.

Derivatives

ˈsheep-walker n. Australian a sheep-master.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep-farmer
sheep-mastera1520
wool-master?1552
sheepman1591
tup-man1790
flock-master1798
sheep-farmer1805
tup-breeder1831
squatter1840
pastoralist1879
sheep-walker1885
wool king1889
wool-owner1894
sheep cocky1949
1885 Daily Tel. 20 Nov. (Cass.) The sheep-walkers of Taranaki will find it to their interest to dispose of their produce by way of Auckland.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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