dairying

American  

[dair-ee-ing] / ˈdɛər i ɪŋ /

noun

1. the business of a dairy.

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dairying British  

/ ˈdɛərɪɪŋ /

noun

1. the business of producing, processing, and selling dairy products

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Etymology

Origin of dairying

First recorded in 1640–50; dairy + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Evidence for dairying now corresponds with the earliest evidence for domesticated herd animals on the Tibetan Plateau, which suggests dairying and pastoralism spread together in this region.

From Salon

Today, many farmers still oppose DST because it is generally disruptive, such as in dairying, and prefer they and their hired hands work more in the cooler morning hours than the hotter late-day hours.

From Washington Post

What if there's a way to preserve cheesemaking and dairying practices, all while counteracting the issues caused by our current industrial agricultural system?

From Salon

But she’s not sure that this fully explains why the trait is absent, or very rare, in early farming and some Bronze Age dairying populations, who must have been exposed to famine and infection.

From Scientific American

Lactose intolerance in dairying cultures might be dangerous for people who were sick or starving, suggests co-author Mark Thomas, a human evolutionary geneticist at University College London.

From Science Magazine