draftingn.

Etymology: < draft v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdrafting.

The action of draft v. (in various senses).

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1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein I. 456 Between the draughting of the Emancipating Edict, and the making it law.

1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. x. 72 Separating our cattle..by drafting through the yard, or by ‘cutting out’.

1891 Leeds Mercury 2 May 6/7 The unskilful drafting of the bill.

attributive.1856 W. Roberts Diary 18 Dec. in J. H. Beattie Early Runholding in Otago (1947) vi. 43 There was no crush pen or drafting race.1863 S. Butler First Year Canterbury Settl. x. 154 The sheep are in the small yard C (which is called the drafting-yard).1882 A. S. Armstrong & G. O. Campbell Austral. Sheep Husbandry xv. 177 A second gate hung on the inside of the race will act as a drafting gate, and, when not in use, will, when closed, leave the race secure.1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. x. 72 We..armed ourselves with drafting sticks.1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 217 Hitherto he had seen in drafting-yards only men used to managing breeding cattle.1893 Daily News 15 Apr. 3/6 [He] submitted it to the drafting master, as well as to experts at the Treasury.1894 Daily News 17 Feb. 5/5 One or two verbal and drafting amendments having been agreed to.1916 Jrnl. Agric. (N.Z.) 20 Sept. 229 Drafting gates 3 ft. wide.1922 W. Perry et al. Sheep Farming in N.Z. iii. 26 It will facilitate dipping if the entrance to the dip is at the end of the drafting race.1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. July 7/3 Drafting race: This race is long and narrow, just wide enough for the sheep to pass through in single file. Its purpose is to divide a mixed flock of sheep into any required number of smaller mobs, and for this purpose the race is fitted at its exit with one or more drafting gates, which guide the sheep into several drafting pens.1956 J. Dare Rouseabout Jane xxi. 167 We had to move the whole lot [of sheep] to the drafting yards.1959 A. Upfield Bony & Black Virgin xxi. 196 Nothing there but a well and drafting yards.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	drafting
释义	draftingn. Etymology: < draft v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdrafting. The action of draft v. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [noun] > drafting scrollinga1732 drafting1856 1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein I. 456 Between the draughting of the Emancipating Edict, and the making it law. 1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. x. 72 Separating our cattle..by drafting through the yard, or by ‘cutting out’. 1891 Leeds Mercury 2 May 6/7 The unskilful drafting of the bill. attributive.1856 W. Roberts Diary 18 Dec. in J. H. Beattie Early Runholding in Otago (1947) vi. 43 There was no crush pen or drafting race.1863 S. Butler First Year Canterbury Settl. x. 154 The sheep are in the small yard C (which is called the drafting-yard).1882 A. S. Armstrong & G. O. Campbell Austral. Sheep Husbandry xv. 177 A second gate hung on the inside of the race will act as a drafting gate, and, when not in use, will, when closed, leave the race secure.1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. x. 72 We..armed ourselves with drafting sticks.1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 217 Hitherto he had seen in drafting-yards only men used to managing breeding cattle.1893 Daily News 15 Apr. 3/6 [He] submitted it to the drafting master, as well as to experts at the Treasury.1894 Daily News 17 Feb. 5/5 One or two verbal and drafting amendments having been agreed to.1916 Jrnl. Agric. (N.Z.) 20 Sept. 229 Drafting gates 3 ft. wide.1922 W. Perry et al. Sheep Farming in N.Z. iii. 26 It will facilitate dipping if the entrance to the dip is at the end of the drafting race.1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. July 7/3 Drafting race: This race is long and narrow, just wide enough for the sheep to pass through in single file. Its purpose is to divide a mixed flock of sheep into any required number of smaller mobs, and for this purpose the race is fitted at its exit with one or more drafting gates, which guide the sheep into several drafting pens.1956 J. Dare Rouseabout Jane xxi. 167 We had to move the whole lot [of sheep] to the drafting yards.1959 A. Upfield Bony & Black Virgin xxi. 196 Nothing there but a well and drafting yards. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1856
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