单词 | winter-fatten |
释义 | > as lemmaswinter-fatten winter-fatten v. transitive to fatten (animals) during the winter. ΚΠ 1770 A. Young Rural Oeconomy i. 43 20 acres of cabbages, and 10 of clover hay, will winter fatten 80 steers or heifers. 1839 J. Buel Farmer's Compan. xvi. 164 English beef and mutton..is mostly winter-fattened..upon roots and straw. 1947 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 110 232 (caption) Average time taken to Winter fatten home-bred and imported steers. 1998 Farmers Weekly (Nexis) 6 Mar. 26 Reintroducing aid on maize silage means you will winter-fatten cattle for almost nothing. < as lemmas |
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