| Bale |
: |
large bundle or package of merchandise,
hay etc. |
| Beater |
: |
the person who walks ahead of,
or towards guns, disturbing the game and causing it to fly up or
flee. |
| Breeze Block |
: |
large, lightweight building blocks
made of cinders, sand and cement. |
| Coarse fishing |
: |
fishing with a conventional hook
and bait, for fish which cannot be eaten. |
| Contour |
: |
line on a map which joins points
of the same height above sea level. |
| Cover |
: |
verb meaning to mate. |
| Covert |
: |
a small wood or copse. |
| Debris |
: |
rubbish. |
| Dip (sheep) |
: |
describes process when sheep are
pushed completely under water containing chemicals which eradicate
certain diseases. |
| Disperse |
: |
scatter or send in different directions. |
| Effluent |
: |
liquid waste. |
| Embryo |
: |
unborn or unhatched offspring. |
Ewe |
: |
female sheep. |
| Fallen stock |
: |
farm animals, dead through illness
or injury. |
| Farrier |
: |
person responsible for putting
shoes on horses, sometimes referred to as a ‘blacksmith’. |
| Fertiliser |
: |
chemical or natural substance (e.g.
manure) applied to the land to make it more fertile. |
| Fingerlings |
: |
fish which are three to four months
old and which measure about three to four inches in length. |
| Flight-feathers |
: |
the longer feathers in a bird’s
wing. |
| Fly-fishing |
: |
fishing for such fish as trout
and salmon using a lure made of feathers or animal fur, which has
been fashioned to resemble an insect the fish would normally feed
on. |
| Forage harvester |
: |
machine that picks up cut grass
to enable it to be transferred to store. |
| Fry |
: |
fish which have just hatched out. |
| Game |
: |
animals and birds traditionally
shot or hunted for food, such as pheasant or deer. |
| Gestation period |
: |
the period between conception and
birth. |
| ‘Harden-off’ |
: |
a phrase used to mean accustoming
animals to colder or more harsh conditions. |
| Hay |
: |
dried grass used for winter feeding. |
| Heft |
: |
an area of hillside grazed by sheep. |
| Hefted |
: |
verb for accustoming sheep to stay
on their own territory. Originally very hard work done by constant
shepherding and active dogs. Now a habit acquired by ewe lamb from
her dam, reinforced by the shepherd. |
| Incubator |
: |
apparatus with artificial warmth
for hatching eggs. |
| Infra-red lamp |
: |
a lamp which is used to provide
additional warmth for very young or sick animals. |
| Larva |
: |
insect in the stage between egg
and pupa, e.g. a caterpillar. |
| Offal |
: |
head, stomach, liver, heart, kidney,
intestine, tail etc. |
| Parr |
: |
young salmon in its first or second
year, four to five inches in length. |
| Permit |
: |
written order giving permission
to do something. |
| Planning permission |
: |
permission which must be granted
by district or borough council before certain types of buildings
may be constructed. |
| Poacher |
: |
person who kills and steals game
or fish belonging to others. |
| Poults |
: |
young pheasant. |
| Predator |
: |
an animal that preys upon others. |
| Quarry |
: |
intended prey or animal being pursued. |
| Ram or Tup |
: |
male sheep. |
| Redd |
: |
pit in which a hen salmon lays
her eggs. |
| Roost |
: |
when birds find a perch off the
ground to sleep on. |
| Silage |
: |
preserved or ‘pickled’ grass used
for winter feeding. |
| Silage Clamp |
: |
a stock or pit with sides, used
for storing silage. |
| Slaughter |
: |
to kill an animal for food. |
| Slurry |
: |
liquid animal manure. |
| Smolt |
: |
young salmon, also a verb used
to describe the process whereby the young salmon takes on the ‘smell’
of its own particular river, prior to going out to sea. |
| Spawn |
: |
eggs of fish, frogs etc. |
| Stirk |
: |
a calf just taken away from the
cow, also known as a ‘bus calf’. |
| Straw |
: |
dried stalks of cereal crops left
after harvesting grain, used for stock bedding. |
| (Tower) Silo |
: |
tall tower used for storing silage. |
