A piece of land grown sparsely with trees or with underwood only. Also, a space between woods; unused pasture land (see quots.). Now only dialect.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture > other types of pasture (8) fritha1552 A piece of land grown sparsely with trees or with underwood only. Also, a space between woods; unused pasture land (see quots.). Now only dialect. bruery1573 Esp. in East Anglia: heathland used for grazing. agistment1598 The herbage of a forest, or the right to it. Cf. herbage, n. 3. Obsolete. mountain1780 Irish English and English regional (northern). As a mass noun: rough unenclosed pastureland, often on the slope of a hill. Cf. mountain-land n. (a)… zuur-veldt1785 A district covered with sour pasturage. Also attributive. boosey pasture1794 An ox- or cow-stall, a crib; = boose, n. Also attributive, as boosey close n. the close in which the cow-sheds stand. boosey pasture n. also boozy pa… rough grazing1802 uncultivated land used for grazing; an area of this. outrun1870 Chiefly Scottish and Australian. An outlying or distant piece of grazing land on a farm; outlying pasturage. |
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