mob-stockv.
/ˈmɒbstɒk/, U.S. /ˈmɑbˌstɑk/, New Zealand English /ˈmɒbstɒk/ Originally New Zealand.
transitive. To move (a herd of livestock) from paddock to paddock, in order to clear the land by intensive grazing. Also intransitive. Cf. mob stocking n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (intransitive)] > drive from place to place
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sooey1941
mob-stock1960
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > pasture > move to different pasture
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mob-stock1960
1960 Proc. 10th Lincoln Farmers Conference 69 The stud ewes are mob-stocked during the six weeks on the tussock.
1981–2 Deer Farmer (N.Z.) Summer 8/3 Hinds are set-stocked or mob-stocked over winter at about 10 to the acre.
1989 New Scientist 22 July 41/1 In New Zealand, ‘mob-stocking’ sheep at very high densities for a few days before sowing can reduce slug populations by 90 per cent.
1995 Farmers Weekly 21 July 59/4 Once the seedlings begin to flourish within the slots it is preferable to mob stock for short periods than graze extensively.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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