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stall feed

stall feed is the alternative form of stall-feed.

Meaning of stall-feed

Verb

stall-feed (third-person singular simple present stall-feeds, present participle stall-feeding, simple past and past participle stall-fed)

  1. To raise and feed (an animal) in a stall.
    • Stubble would have been much cheaper for the littering part, but it is not always to be had; whereas straw is every where to be bought; and it is necessary to charge the price of it, because a farmer may probably have a regular stock of cattle for the straw of his crop; in which case he cannot...1771, Arthur Young, A Course of Experimental Agriculture, page 158

Noun

stall feed (uncountable)

  1. Fodder that is used to stall-feed livestock.
    • It is attributed by some to the use of clover hay as stall feed; but as the cattle run in the bush during the summer, and are only fed in winter, this does not strike me as being probable, and you will be doing a great service to myself and others by giving any information upon the subject.1892, Report of the British Columbia Dept. of Agriculture
    • Meadows and pastures are fertility-producing types of production, especially the former because they produce stall feed.1935, Theodor Brikmann, Murray Reed Benedict, Mrs. Elizabeth (Tucker) Benedict, Economics of the Farm Business, page 70

Forms of stall feed

third-person singular presentstall feeds
present participlestall feeding
past participlestall fed
paststall fed

Questions about stall feed

What does stall feed mean?
Stall feed means fodder that is used to stall-feed livestock.
What is stall feed the alternative form of?
Stall feed is the alternative form of stall-feed.
What part of speech is stall feed?
Stall feed is a noun.

Words near stall feed in the dictionary

  1. stall
  2. stall angle
  3. stall angles
  4. stall bars
  5. stall fed
  6. stall feed
  7. stall feeding
  8. stall feeds
  9. stall for time
  10. stall handler
  11. stall handlers

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