单词 | bird-tenting |
释义 | > as lemmasbird-tenting bird-tenting n. English regional (northern) (now rare) the activity or practice of guarding crops, seed, etc., from birds, typically by scaring them away; cf. tent v.1 6. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > conservation of birds bird-tenting1845 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > driving away birds bird-tenting1845 rooking1877 1845 Minutes Comm. Council Educ. 1844 II. 466 Their children..can earn any trifling sum..during the times of ‘bird-tenting’, harvest, potato-getting, &c. 1935 Nottingham Evening Post 27 Dec. 9/5 The profession of ‘bird-tenting’ did not offer a living wage. < as lemmas |
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