share-milking

noun

The practice of allowing the calf, young sheep, etc, continue to suckle while milking the mother for human consumption.

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Meanings

nounshare-milking (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of sharemilking.

    We bought a herd of 200 cows and did a 50/50 share-milking deal with a local farmer.

    2017, Lorraine Wood, Love and Addiction, →ISBN
  2. uncountableThe practice of allowing the calf, young sheep, etc, continue to suckle while milking the mother for human consumption.

    Further observations on smaller groups have shown even more share-milking by calves.

    1969, The New Zealand Journal of Agriculture - Volume 119, page 69
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of share-milk
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