单词 | dunging passage |
释义 | > as lemmasdunging passage attributive. Of, for, or relating to the defecation of animals; (later often) spec. (Agriculture) designating an area used or set aside for defecation, or a channel or gutter by which dung is removed, in a farm building or enclosure in which animals (esp. pigs) are kept, as dunging area, dunging passage, dunging place, etc. ΚΠ 1669 tr. A. Kircher Vulcano's 56 Nitre, Salt, Allom, in some moist places,..as also in the dunging-places of Pidgeons and other Animals,..is dug forth in most plentiful store and abundance. 1850 R. S. Burn Pract. Archit. as applied to Farm Buildings i. 49 Double stalls..with the horses' heads to the outsides walls, and a wide dunging passage..between them. 1890 J. W. Redhouse Turkish & Eng. Lexicon 2049/1 A dunging-place for birds. 1907 G. A. T. Middleton Mod. Buildings VI. vi. 40/1 The dunging channel or gutter..carries the fluid either to cesspit or direct to the liquid manure cistern. 1959 Afr. Wild Life Dec. 316 (heading) Dunging habits. 1984 Cornell Veterinarian 74 176 Pigs usually defecate along trails so that a dunging passage is the most likely area to be used for that purpose by confined pigs. 2005 National Hog Farmer (Nexis) 15 Mar. 14 One room features a washing gutter that uses nozzles and pressurized water to clean the dunging area. < as lemmas |
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