stock-route

[ stok-root, -rout ]

noun

, Australian.

1. a public trail having right of way across private properties and over which cattle and sheep may be herded to grazing grounds or to market.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stock-route¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

If you follow the track across the clearing, you will find a stock route.

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I was unable to get any information from him beyond the opinion that the country was worthless and a stock route impracticable.

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That a stock route through the desert is quite impracticable we have clearly demonstrated.

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It need hardly be said that any idea of a stock route from Hall's Creek is absolutely impracticable.

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It is therefore most desirable that attempts should be made to find a stock route from the western to the eastern coasts.

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