单词 | browsing land |
释义 | > as lemmasbrowsing land a. In sense 1, as browsing land, browsing plants, etc. ΚΠ 1581 L. Mascall Husbandlye Ordring & Gouernmente Poultrie xxxiii. sig. E.viiv It shall not be good to keepe them [sc. geese] where there is low brousing hearbes. 1670 in 15th Rep. Commissioners Woods, Forests, & Land Revenues (House of Commons) (1793) App. xviii. 53 Deere-ffeld Wood sive Browsing wood. 1845 Standard 20 Dec. Where he can obtain browsing ground for his camels, he will manage to exist. 1878 P. W. Powlett Gazetteer of Ulwur iv. 132 Their slopes and summits are..covered with dhauk and other useful browsing shrubs. 1939 Christian Sci. Monitor 11 Aug. 5/3 Crops wouldn't grow on this swampland. But it was good browsing land for sheep. 2015 R. Thistlethwaite & J. Dunlop New Livestock Farmer iii. 63/1 You can encourage the growth of browsing plants by letting your pastures rest longer. < as lemmas |
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