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horsiculture, n. Chiefly disparaging.|ˈhɔːsɪˌkʌltʃə(r)|
Also horseculture, horsey-.
[f. horse n. or horsy a., after horticulture (agriculture, etc.).]
The commercial development of farmland for the pasturing of horses or for equestrian activities.
1979Daily Tel. 13 Oct. 12/2 Drive out of almost any city in Britain today and you pass through a zone carrying the desolate marks of ‘horseyculture’—fields given over to the pasturing of horses for riding rather than cattle or sheep. 1984Ibid. 20 Aug. 13/4 Local councils and conservation bodies are becoming increasingly worried about the growth of ‘horseculture’—a new fashion whereby farmers divide up land and sell small plots for people to graze their horses. 1986Horse & Hound 9 May 31/1 Results of ‘horsiculture’ are wide-ranging, and can be the cause of conflict between neighbouring farmers, local residents and other countryside users. 1990Sunday Correspondent 8 Apr. 51/4 Southerners realised they could buy an imposing Scottish castle... Most were looking for ‘horsiculture’ rather than agriculture. |