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单词 cast-for-age
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Definition of cast-for-age in English:

cast-for-age

adjective
Australian, NZ
  • (of sheep) too old for breeding and destined to be sold off or slaughtered.

    I purchased around 500 cast-for-age animals
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is apparent that cast-for-age sheep sold in December would have had about nine months grazing in the year immediately preceding that.
    • The number of replacement ewes selected depends on the age distribution of the existing ewe flock and the age at which they are cast-for-age.
    • The new growth made good feed for stock cast for age.
    • We're looking at cast-for-age ewes.
    • Naturally, we want to carry out a thorough trial of the Cheviot cast-for-age ewe as a mother of Southdown cross lambs.
    • A farmer runs 1,000 merino ewes which are cast-for-age at six years.
    • Each year, drafts of young ewes are brought into the breeding flock and bred from for several successive years and then sold as cast for age.
    • They had available a number of cast-for-age breeding animals.
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