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单词 ranching
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ranchingn.

Brit. /ˈrɑːn(t)ʃɪŋ/, /ˈran(t)ʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈræn(t)ʃɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ranch n.2, ranch v.3, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < either ranch n.2 or ranch v.3 + -ing suffix1.
Originally and chiefly North American.
The rearing of cattle on a ranch; stockbreeding. Also: the farming of game, fish, etc., for commercial purposes.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun]
rearinga1398
nourishing1615
conservation1646
zoosophy1662
culture1744
cultivation1791
zoogeny1826
zootechny1841
stock-keeping1844
ranching1851
conditioning1861
zootechnics1863
zooculture1873
zootrophy1877
animaliculture1879
mothering1922
stockmanship1959
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun]
cattle-farming1806
stock-keeping1844
cattle ranching1866
stock-farming1866
cattle-rearing1871
boviculture1876
cattle-breeding1877
ranching1882
pecudiculture1885
cow-work1886
1851 Alta Calif. (Electronic text) 14 Dec. The adjacent country is exceedingly level, and is well adapted for ranching purposes.
1863 E. R. Meredith Let. May in Frontier & Midland (1937) XVII. 288/1 The term ‘ranching’ sometimes means farming but is generally applied in this country [sc. Idaho] to taking care of stock.
1882 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 232 Ranching or stock-raising on a colossal scale has already begun.
1936 J. Schafer Soc. Hist. Amer. Agric. iii. 94 The frontier type of cattle raising, however, is of special interest as the parent of the glamorous ranching business of the nineteenth century.
1975 Nature 5 June 449/2 Interest in game ranching of natural animal populations as a food source goes back a long way.
1990 J. Solomon Green Parenting i. 4 Intensive ranching of cattle for cheap meat is one of the reasons why the level of methane gas in the atmosphere is now increasing.
2003 J. Martínez-Garmendia in J. L. Anderson Int. Seafood Trade ii. 34 There have also been experiments with bluefin tuna ranching in Japan.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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ranching
ranching adj.
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1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote iv. xix. 233 Fierce Whelps, which shall imitate the raunching paws of their valorous Father.
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