stockbreeding

[ stok-bree-ding ]

/ ˈstɒkˌbri dɪŋ /

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noun

the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.

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Origin of stockbreeding

First recorded in 1935–40; stock + breeding

OTHER WORDS FROM stockbreeding

stockbreeder, noun

Words nearby stockbreeding

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How to use stockbreeding in a sentence

Perhaps the clasped hands and the ecstatic look were hardly necessary, for even so interesting a subject as stockbreeding.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
He settled down to the congenial occupation of stockbreeding, on what was then considered to be a large scale.
The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work|Ernest Favenc
The preference of the earlier Spanish settlers for stockbreeding also limited the agricultural area.
The History of Cuba, vol. 2|Willis Fletcher Johnson
Stockbreeding was very much easier and according to their ideas required no particular exertion on their part.
The History of Cuba, vol. 2|Willis Fletcher Johnson