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ˈdrafting, vbl. n.
[f. draft v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb draft (in various senses).
1878Seeley Stein I. 456 Between the draughting of the Emancipating Edict, and the making it law. 1884Boldrewood Melbourne Mem. x. 72 Separating our cattle..by drafting through the yard, or by ‘cutting out’. 1891Leeds Mercury 2 May 6/7 The unskilful drafting of the bill.
attrib.1856W. Roberts Diary 18 Dec. in J. H. Beattie Early Runholding in Otago (1947) vi. 43 There was no crush pen or drafting race. 1863S. Butler First Year in Canterbury Settlement x. 154 The sheep are in the small yard C (which is called the drafting-yard). 1882Armstrong & Campbell Austral. Sheep Husbandry xv. 177 A second gate hung on the inside of the race will act as a drafting gate, and, when not in use, will, when closed, leave the race secure. 1884Boldrewood Melbourne Mem. x. 72 We..armed ourselves with drafting sticks. 1890― Col. Reformer (1891) 217 Hitherto he had seen in drafting-yards only men used to managing breeding cattle. 1893Daily News 15 Apr. 3/6 [He] submitted it to the drafting master, as well as to experts at the Treasury. 1894Ibid. 17 Feb. 5/5 One or two verbal and drafting amendments having been agreed to. 1916N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. 20 Sept. 229 Drafting gates 3 ft. wide. 1922W. Perry Sheep Farming in N.Z. iii. 26 It will facilitate dipping if the entrance to the dip is at the end of the drafting race. 1950N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. July 7/3 Drafting race: This race is long and narrow, just wide enough for the sheep to pass through in single file. Its purpose is to divide a mixed flock of sheep into any required number of smaller mobs, and for this purpose the race is fitted at its exit with one or more drafting gates, which guide the sheep into several drafting pens. 1956J. Dare Rouseabout Jane xxi. 167 We had to move the whole lot [of sheep] to the drafting yards. 1959A. Upfield Bony & Black Virgin xxi. 196 Nothing there but a well and drafting yards. |