transhumances
transhumances is the plural of transhumance.
Meaning of transhumance
Noun
transhumance (countable and uncountable, plural transhumances)
- The seasonal movement of grazing livestock (especially cattle, sheep, or goats) to new pastures which may be quite distant; alpine and nonalpine versions of such movement exist.
- There are rites of spring in the mountains, and this week I followed the transhumance, the annual movement of cattle, from their lower valley winter quarters up to the higher pastures.2005 June 17, C. J. Moore, “Meanwhile: With a hop-hop-hop and a bottle of Swiss bubbly”, in New York Times, retrieved 20 Aug 2014
Questions about transhumances
- What is transhumances the plural of?
- Transhumances is the plural of transhumance.
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