stallfeed

English

Etymology

From stall +‎ feed.

Verb

stallfeed (third-person singular simple present stallfeeds, present participle stallfeeding, simple past and past participle stallfed)

1. Alternative form of stall-feed
   • 1982, John Gray Blount, The John Gray Blount Papers: 1803-1833, page 89:

     I confess I have not much Faith in his Information but he is very full of it & I am to be concerned in the purchase if made, we want the Stears to stallfeed.

   • 1986, Wilhelm Östberg, The Kondoa transformation: coming to grips with soil erosion in Central Tanzania, page 85:

     It is becoming common knowledge in Irangi that the administration is considering the possibility of allowing farmers to stallfeed a limited number of crossbreed cows.

   • 1988, Minoru Ōuchi, Development Communication and Grassroots Participation in Action in Asia:

     No member of the Society shall allow his cattle to graze in the hills and in the forests, but when needed shall cut the grass from the specified area and stallfeed his cattle.

   • 1992, Walter Fernandes, National Development and Tribal Deprivation, page 55:

     Those who are forced to stallfeed their cows or sell fodder to others, spend about 6 hours a day for 45 to 60 person-days in a year in its collection and a few more hours to make bundles.

Noun

stallfeed (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of stall feed

Anagrams

• self-dealt