travelling stocktraveling stockn.
/ˈtravl̩ɪŋ stɒk/, /ˈtravlɪŋ stɒk/, U.S. /ˈtræv(ə)lɪŋ ˌstɑk/, Australian English /ˈtrævl̩ɪŋ stɔk/, /ˈtrævlɪŋ stɔk/, New Zealand English /ˈtrɛvl̩ɪŋ stɒk/, /ˈtrɛvlɪŋ stɒk/ Australian and New Zealand.
Cattle, sheep, etc., which are driven through the country, often in search of pasture. Cf. travelling adj. 4.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > which is driven
travelling stock1842
the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > farm-stock > live
stock?1523
travelling stock1842
daer-stock1875
1842 Hunter River Gaz. (W. Maitland, New S. Wales) 8 Jan. The difficulty of procuring camping ground for travelling stock has very much increased.
1935 K. Tennant Tiburon 7 By Dwyer's farm, is the travellers' camp on a stretch of grazing-land rightly belonging to the Pastures Protection Board and reserved for hungry travelling stock.
2001 J. Robinson Voices of Queensland iii. 96 Tick gate, an opening in a tick fence at which travelling stock are subject to inspection.
Compounds
Cf. TSR n. at T n. Additions. travelling stock road n. now rare a strip of Crown land set aside as a right of way for travelling stock; = travelling stock route n.
ΚΠ
1869 S. Austral. Advertiser (Adelaide) 12 Aug. Mr. Bright to ask respecting travelling stock road between Kooringa and the Darling, as to boundary of the colony adjoining New South Wales.
1951 Burra (S. Austral.) Record 29 May 3/2 From E J Sparks re rabbits on travelling stock road near Yarcowie.
travelling stock route n. a strip of Crown land set aside as a right of way for travelling stock; cf. travelling stock road n.
ΚΠ
1875 Sydney Morning Herald 8 Jan. 3/4 I understand that the mile reserves proclaimed recently for travelling stock routes are to be cancelled.
2014 Daily Tel. (Sydney) 9 Mar. 43/2 For five days veteran drover Jason Burns and his family were stranded with their 900 head of cattle on the travelling stock route in the state's northwest.
travelling stock reserve n. an area of Crown land set aside for the overnight accommodation of travelling stock; cf. stock-route n. at stock n.1 and adj. Compounds 1d(a)(ii).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture > stock-route
travelling stock reserve1868
stock-route1886
1868 Bendigo (Victoria) Advertiser 30 May There were also several applications for allotments in the parish of Elmore, which were objected to on behalf of Mr Degraves, on the ground that the lots were included in the ‘travelling stock reserve’.
2018 Daily Tel. (Australia) (Nexis) 1 July (Wrap section) 4 Most of the 500,000 hectares of travelling stock reserves throughout NSW have reached ‘critical ground cover levels’ and drovers are being gradually restricted to conserve pastures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
<
n.1842