单词 | pasturing |
释义 | pasturingn. The action of pasture v. Also: pasturage, pastureland. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > fattened or bred for slaughter > at pasture > feeding pasturec1390 pasturingc1390 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture leasowc950 leasea1000 pasturea1300 common pasturea1325 grassland1324 laund1340 lea1357 gang1413 feedingc1430 grassa1500 raika1500 beast-gate1507 pasturagec1515 grazing1517 average1537 pasture groundc1537 walk1549 grassing1557 pastural1575 browsing1577 feed1580 pastureland1591 meadow pasture1614 green side1616 range1626 pastorage1628 tore1707 graziery1731 pasturing1759 permanent pasture1771 sweet-veld1785 walk land1797 run1804 sweet-grass1812 potrero1822 pasturage land1855 turn-out1895 lawn1899 the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > pasturing feed1575 graziery1762 pasturing1819 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > action or occupation of pasturing pasturea1398 grazingc1440 pasturagea1522 feed1575 running1577 graziery1762 pasturing1819 c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 112 Þe kyng of alle þing Haþ chose þe to ben his Dame, And to a folle pasturyng [L. locus pascue] To his herde. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) iv. xxxvii. 84 Alle suche labourers that trauaylen..in pasturynge of beestes. 1523 W. More Jrnl. (1913–14) 170 Item to Richard Goodyere for ye pasteryng of connys in colmore..10s. 0d. 1616 Edinb. Test. XLIX. f. 83v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Pastur-, Pastoring Money..to pay the gressing and pasturing of my hors. 1670 J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Trilinguis 80 The Pasturings are, either fresh pastures [etc.]. 1759 T. Smith Jrnl. (1849) 273 A fruitfull summer, especially in pasturing and hay. 1788 Massachusetts Spy 19 June 4/3 Said Farm consists of mowing, pasturing, and orcharding, and is well watered. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXVI. at Pasture-land An increase of fertility is produced..by the pasturing of lands with sheep. 1881 Science 30 Apr. 198/1 Agriculture cannot be practiced, nor even the pasturing of flocks and herds. 1955 Recorded Interview (Brit. Libr. Sound Archive) (Survey Eng. Dial.: C908) (MS transcript) Track 62 [Gloucestershire] Anyone can have pasturing on the forest. 1991 Smithsonian July 10/2 Forestry and summer pasturing of cattle..extend seasonally and selectively upward almost to timberline. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pasturingadj. That feeds on pasture; grazing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > herbivorous > that graze grazing1590 pasturing1606 granivorous1646 grass-eating1646 graminivorous1739 grass-feeding1741 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall vi. sig. B4v Our Kirk-courtes or yardes..being ordinarly bedunged by pestring and pasturing brute. 1623 T. Aylesbury Serm. 5 But I..repaire, for the Catholike veritie, to the Church, where the pasturing eagles are. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1109 The Indian Herdsman shunning heate..tends his pasturing Herds. View more context for this quotation 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad iv. 95 Resounding deep, along the level shore: He play'd, and drove his past'ring flock before. 1842 J. Aiton Clerical Econ. iii. 145 A wholesome and acceptable food for every kind of pasturing animal. 1895 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 27 151 A farm house or two with pasturing cattle in the grassy meadows. 1996 T. Moore Re-enchantment Everyday Life 34 It was an extraordinary experience to..feel the strong, cool winds from the sea, sense the nudges of pasturing sheep. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1390adj.1606 |
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