单词 | shepherdry |
释义 | shepherdryn. rare. a. The business of a shepherd. Cf. shepherdy n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding shepherdship1548 shepherdry1594 shepherdya1622 shepherding1796 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iii. f. 28 Pasturage, grasing, and shepheardrie, were before husbandrie and tillage. b. The affairs of ‘the Order of Ancient Shepherds’, a benefit society. (After forestry n.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance association or friendly society Rechabite1637 friendly society1684 provident society1771 provident club1797 benefit-society1801 benefit-club1812 burial-society1812 ménage1815 burial club1848 forestry1861 tontine1871 shepherdry1900 approved society1911 1900 Dundee Advertiser 19 July 5 Shepherdry.—At the usual fortnightly meeting of the Maisondieu Lodge of Ancient Shepherds..the balance-sheet..was submitted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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