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ˈranching, vbl. n. orig. and chiefly U.S.
[f. ranch n.2 + -ing1.]
Stock-raising or cattle-breeding on a ranch. Also, the raising of game and other animals.
1863E. R. Meredith Let. May in Frontier & Midland (1937) XVII. 288/1 A ranch is properly a grazing farm and the term ‘ranching’ sometimes means farming but is generally applied in this country [sc. Idaho] to taking care of stock. 1870J. C. Duval Adventures Big-Foot Wallace xlvi. 302 We would try our hands at ‘ranching’. 1873J. H. Beadle Undevel. West xv. 267 ‘Ranching’ came next, and all this industry is not lost. 1882Contemp. Rev. Aug. 232 Ranching or stock-raising on a colossal scale has already begun. 1916[see mink ranching s.v. mink 4]. 1950Manch. Guardian Weekly 5 Jan. 10 Teamsters carried it through the ranching country. 1971Inside Kenya Today Mar. 52/2 Arrangements have also been finalized for the establishment of a ranching scheme at Jaldesa. 1974Listener 2 May 572/3 [The land] is all earmarked for ranching development. 1975Nature 5 June 449/2 Interest in game ranching of natural animal populations as a food source goes back a long way. 1980Daily Tel. 30 Dec. 7/2 Salmon ranching, inshore fishing and tourism are the immediate projects for economic development. |