shepherdingn.
/ˈʃɛpədɪŋ/ The action of tending or guiding (sheep) as a shepherd; an instance of this.
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1796 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties (ed. 2) II. 446 In the shepherding of sheep, in this country, a few circumstances may be mentioned with propriety.
1881 T. Carlyle Reminisc. II. 143 The rustic natives..and their shepherdings, huntings (brock and fox), and solitary fishings.
1892 Ld. Lytton King Poppy xi. 309 For all His shepherdings were ended.
1905 A. Lyall Life Marquis of Dufferin I. ii. 23 Under Cookesley's shepherding the flock might stray at will.
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