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单词 leg-roping
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leg-ropingn.

Brit. /ˈlɛɡrəʊpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlɛɡˌroʊpɪŋ/, Australian English /ˈleɡroʊpɪŋ/, New Zealand English /ˈleɡrʌupɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: leg rope v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < leg rope v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier leg rope n.
Australian and New Zealand.
The practice or action of fitting a rope with a noose around the leg of an animal, esp. a cow in preparation for milking, in order to restrain or tether it; an instance of this. Cf. leg rope n. 1, leg rope v.
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1876 N.Z. Herald 23 Sept. 2/3 I don't either much like leg-ropes and leg-roping for the reason that cows in general object to them.
1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms III. xiv. 192 Mothering the calves, bailing up, leg-roping, and all the rest of it.
1912 B. E. Baughan Brown Bread from Colonial Oven vii. 142 Much to my surprise, there was no leg-roping, and hardly any bailing-up [of the cows being milked].
1992 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 18 June The cattle must be roped and snigged up to a bronco ramp for leg-roping, throwing and branding.
2013 S. Thorne Bonzer xviii. 242 I shut the wooden gate behind the cows... In shock, we went through the process of leg-roping.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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