| 释义 |
shepherding, vbl. n.|ˈʃɛpədɪŋ|
[f. shepherd v. + -ing1.]
The action of tending or guiding (sheep) as a shepherd; an instance of this.
1790W. H. Marshall Midl. Counties I. 446 In the shepherding of sheep, in this country, a few circumstances may be mentioned with propriety. 1866Carlyle in Froude Remin. (1881) II. 143 The rustic natives..and their shepherdings, huntings (brock and fox) and solitary fishings. 1892Ld. Lytton King Poppy xi. 309 For all His shepherdings were ended. 1905Sir A. Lyall Life Dufferin I. ii. 23 Under Cookesley's shepherding the flock might stray at will. |