paddocking

Verb

paddock (third-person singular simple present paddocks, present participle paddocking, simple past and past participle paddocked)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, transitive, often passive voice) To place or keep (cattle, horses, sheep, or other animals) within a paddock (noun sense 1 or 2.4); hence, to provide (such animals) with pasture.
   • In the district of which I am speaking the sheep are all "paddocked," —that is to say, kept in by fences—so that shepherding is unnecessary.1873, Anthony Trollope, “[South Australia.] Wool.”, in Australia and New Zealand. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 214
2. (Australia, New Zealand, transitive) To enclose or fence in (land) to form a paddock.
   • When a run is "paddocked," shepherds are not required;—but boundary-riders are employed, each of whom is supplied with two horses, and these men are responsible not only for the sheep but for the fences.1873, Anthony Trollope, “[New South Wales.] Country Life in the Bush.”, in Australia and New Zealand. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 302
3. (Australia, New Zealand, also, intransitive, transitive) To excavate washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) from (a superficial deposit).
4. (Australia, New Zealand, obsolete, transitive) To store (ore, washdirt, etc.) in a paddock (noun sense 2.5).

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