单词 | sheep-walk |
释义 | sheep-walkn. A tract of grass-land used for pasturing sheep. ΘΚΠ 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 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1586 |
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