stock-route

[ stok-root, -rout ]
/ ˈstɒkˌrut, -ˌraʊt /

noun Australian.

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.

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Origin of stock-route

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby stock-route

stock ticker, stock unit, stock vaccine, stock watering, stock whip, stock-route, stock-still, stockade, stockade fence, stockbreeder, stockbreeding
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