sheep station

sheep run

noun

Australian and NZ a large sheep farmAlso called: run

Words nearby sheep station

sheep fescue, sheep laurel, sheep measles, sheep race, sheep sorrel, sheep station, sheep tick, sheep's eyes, sheep's fescue, sheep-dip, sheepback rock

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Examples from the Web for sheep station

The sheep-station afforded but meager accommodations, and they were glad that they had brought along some supplies.
Dave Porter in the Far North|Edward Stratemeyer
All of that day and the next went by, and still nobody appeared at the sheep-station.
Dave Porter in the Far North|Edward Stratemeyer
A sheep-station is, probably, the most desolate place at which a man could be sent to pass his time.
Trade and Travel in the Far East|G. F. Davidson
Granbury Lapham was also anxious; and in a few minutes the three started out, along a road the sheep-station keeper pointed out.
Dave Porter in the Far North|Edward Stratemeyer

At the end of three hours of hard traveling they came in sight of the sheep-station for which they were bound.
Dave Porter in the Far North|Edward Stratemeyer