单词 | foddering ground |
释义 | > as lemmasfoddering ground C1. General attributive, as †foddering-bing [bing n.1 3] , foddering boy, foddering ground, etc. ΚΠ 1391Foderyngbyng [see sense 1]. 1620 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1886) IV. 153 That messuage..allotted and falne unto him, with one fotheringe-stead. 1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver 122 Fearne, or Rushes, Thistles, or any course straw, or Trash whatever, flung or cast into the Fothering-yards. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Dairy The foddering season in the former holds so much longer, occasioned by the rowet-grass falling of a month sooner. 1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire I. 230 A small dry grass inclosure, (near the homestall)—provincially a ‘foddering ground’—where they have their fill of hay. 1816 tr. F. Vanderstraeten Improved Agric. 8 Roots and foddering herbs for cattle. 1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 21 Nor ling'ring wait the foddering-boy. 1837 Boston Advert. 17 Jan. 2/2 One fork and one foddering band. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Foddering cord, a hair and hemp cord used for binding up hay to take out to beasts. 1916 Econ. Jrnl. 26 59 Paying high prices in order to discourage the producers from using up their stocks for foddering purposes. 1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton iii. 51 This morning was deadly cold, and the foddering barton was stone-hard in white heaps. 2009 Irish Independent (Nexis) 2 June Hay and straw were stored in ricks and fed to the cattle on foddering banks. < as lemmas |
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