单词 | cow-work |
释义 | > as lemmascow-work cow-work n. U.S. work connected with the tending or rounding-up of cattle. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] cattle-farming1806 stock-keeping1844 cattle ranching1866 stock-farming1866 cattle-rearing1871 boviculture1876 cattle-breeding1877 ranching1882 pecudiculture1885 cow-work1886 1886 T. Roosevelt in Cent. Mag. July 341/1 It is even more laughable to see some young fellow..attempt..to do cow-work with his ordinary riding or hunting rig. 1907 S. E. White Arizona Nights (U.K. ed.) i. iii. 53 He kept his own mount of horses, took care of them, hunted, and took part in the cow work. 1929 J. F. Dobie Vaquero of Brush Country 13 When we gathered cattle, we said that we were on a ‘cow hunt’, a ‘cow work’, a ‘work’, or a ‘cow drive’. < as lemmas |
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