单词 | stall-feed |
释义 | stall-feedv. 1. transitive. To feed (an animal) in a stall. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] baitc1400 servea1475 foddera1500 refetea1500 maintain1576 provend1581 provender1584 put1620 meal1630 stall-feed1763 feed1818 board1875 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry III. 173 [The crop] will be sufficient to stall-feed four bullocks during the three winter months. 1861 A. Wynter Our Social Bees 143 We stall-feed milch cows in upper stories in London houses. 2. Of an animal: To undergo feeding or fattening in a stall. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (intransitive)] > be stall-fed stall-feed1766 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > fatten masteOE fatc1386 to set up1540 fatten1552 feed1552 forcea1571 cram1577 engrease1583 to raise in flesh1608 saginate1623 to stall to1764 tallow1765 stall-feed1766 graze1787 to fat off1789 to make up1794 higglea1825 finish1841 to feed off1852 steam1947 1766 Compl. Farmer at Turnep I have now two bullocks which are stall-feeding upon turnips. Derivatives stall-feeding n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > types of feeding winter feeding1602 soiling1607 fogging1765 stall-feeding1805 suppering1820 box feeding1843 warming1874 self-feed1894 self-feeding1917 zero grazing1954 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 1045 This..is..less advantageous in the point of fattening than that of wholly confining them to the stalls, or what is usually termed stall-feeding. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. iv. 93 The building of a shed for winter stall-feeding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1763 |
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