| 单词 | to be at shack |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be (also go or run) at shack a. In phrase to be (also go or run) at shack, to go to shack, said of pigs, poultry, etc., when turned into the stubble to feed on the ‘shack’ (sense 1) after the harvest. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > pasture > types of pasturing summer1601 to be (also go or run) at shack1706 range1816 shacka1825 ranch1851 summering place1968 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Shack, (in Norfolk and Suffolk)..to go at Shack in that County, signifies [of Hogs] as much as to go at large. 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 387 Shack, stock turned into the stubbles after harvest are said to be at shack. Grounds lying open to common fields are said to ‘lie quite shack’. < as lemmas |
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