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fly grazing

fly grazing noun: the grazing of animals, such as horses, on land without the permission of the landowner.

Noun

fly grazing (usually uncountable, plural fly grazings)

  1. (usually) The grazing of animals, such as horses, on land without the permission of the landowner.
    • These changes were regarded as essential to follow the example set by the Welsh Assembly to ensure that fly-grazing is tackled consistently and with the necessary resolve to protect horses from neglect and to safeguard the public from danger.2019, W.H. Bassett, Tim Deveaux, Bassett's Environmental Health Procedures, CRC Press, page 707
    • Traveller horse owners are often singled out as the main contributors to reduced horse welfare with fly-grazing (unauthorised grazing on private land), tethered and abandoned horses regarded as Traveller practices.2018, Michael Cockram, Tarjei Tennessen, Luis Bate, Renee Bergeron, Sylvie Cloutier, Andrew Fisher, Maria Hötzel, editors, Proceedings of the 52nd Congress of the International Society for Applied...

Forms of fly grazing

pluralfly grazings
alternative formfly-grazing

Questions about fly grazing

What does fly grazing mean?
Fly grazing means the grazing of animals, such as horses, on land without the permission of the landowner.
What part of speech is fly grazing?
Fly grazing is a noun.
What is the plural of fly grazing?
The plural of fly grazing is fly grazings.

Words near fly grazing in the dictionary

  1. fly cutter
  2. fly cutters
  3. fly fishing
  4. fly fungi
  5. fly fungus
  6. fly grazing
  7. fly half
  8. fly high
  9. fly in
  10. fly in the buttermilk
  11. fly in the face of

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