† downsharingn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: downshare n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < downshare n. + -ing suffix¹ Compare earlier denshiring n. at Denshire v. Derivatives.

Obsolete. rare.

The practice of cutting away turf or other vegetation to a depth of two or three inches and burning it, in order to use the ashes as manure; an instance of this. Cf. Denshire v., downshare n.

ΚΠ

1794 J. Boys Gen. View Agric. Kent 37 It is this injudicious management of downshare land, that has brought the practice of downsharing into disrepute.

1796 J. Boys Gen. View Agric. Kent (new ed.) 138 A hundred cart-loads of dung..would cost, carriage home included, ten times the price of downsharing, and yet would not improve the land more.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018).

单词	downsharing
释义	† downsharingn. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: downshare n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < downshare n. + -ing suffix¹ Compare earlier denshiring n. at Denshire v. Derivatives. Obsolete. rare. The practice of cutting away turf or other vegetation to a depth of two or three inches and burning it, in order to use the ashes as manure; an instance of this. Cf. Denshire v., downshare n. ΚΠ 1794 J. Boys Gen. View Agric. Kent 37 It is this injudicious management of downshare land, that has brought the practice of downsharing into disrepute. 1796 J. Boys Gen. View Agric. Kent (new ed.) 138 A hundred cart-loads of dung..would cost, carriage home included, ten times the price of downsharing, and yet would not improve the land more. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018). < n.1794
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