mullenize
/ˈmʌlənʌɪz
/(also mullenise)
verb [with object] Australian historical
Clear (scrubland) and prepare it for cultivation: a patch of 80 acres has already been mullenized...
- The men were put on to grub, clear and mullenise up to 15 inches.
- This ground was all mullenised and burnt in February.
- There are also some patches to be mullenised.
Origin
Late 19th century: from the name of Charles Mullen, who developed an effective implement for land clearance in 1868.
- pickup arm
- pickup baler
- pickup bar
- pickup body
- pickup camper
- pickup joint
- pickup line
- pickup man
- pick up one's marbles and go home
- pick up (or get up) speed
- pickup shot
- pick-up-sticks
- pick up stompies
- pick up the pieces
- pick up the tab
- pick up the threads
- pickup truck
- pickup tube
- pickup van
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- Pickwickian
- Pickwickiana
- Pickwickianism
- picky
- pick-your-own