释义 |
in-winter, v.|ˈɪnwɪntə(r)| [in- prefix1.] trans. To protect (animals, particularly sheep) by keeping them indoors during severe weather and providing food for them. So in-ˈwintered ppl. a., in-ˈwintering n.
19612nd Rep. Hill Farming Res. Organisation 1958–61 25 Hoggs have been in-wintered experimentally in improvised cattle courts... In-wintered Blackface hoggs..thrived normally on diets of hay... Indoor wintering is quite satisfactory. 1962Times 26 Nov. 17/6 The in-wintering of in-lamb ewes. 1965Cooper & Thomas Profitable Sheep Farming viii. 69 The main interest today..is the inwintering of breeding ewes on lowland farms. Ibid. 70 A hundred six and seven-crop Mule ewes..were inwintered in a Dutch barn. 1971Farmer & Stockbreeder 16 Feb. 25/3 In-wintered ewes should also be dosed two weeks after being brought in. |