sheep-walks

Transformation of arable land into sheep-walks was, therefore, its cry.

Primitive accumulation Daniel Little 2009

Transformation of arable land into sheep-walks was, therefore, its cry.

Archive 2009-03-01 Daniel Little 2009

These out-field spots were selected by any feuar at his own choice, amongst the sheep-walks and hills which were always annexed to the Township, to serve as pasturage to the community.

The Monastery 2008

I led my flock to the sheep-walks, and guarded them through the day.

Introduction, I.1 2002

In the mean time, I and Madame were walking over the wide, peaty sheep-walks that lie between Knowl and Church Scarsdale.

Uncle Silas 2003

Before dawn I led my flock to the sheep-walks, and guarded them through the day.

The Last Man 2003

Lincolnshire farmers have been imported, and the long, fresh slopes are sheep-walks no more, but grow famous turnips and barley.

Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971

True economy would dictate that such pastures should either be allowed to run to wood, or be devoted to sheep-walks, or ploughed and improved.

Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure Robert Jennings

The descent to it, about 1000 feet from the level of the sheep-walks, is extremely rapid; the village itself being still many hundred feet above the banks of the Golo, which is seen pouring its white torrent several miles distant.

Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester

Many of our great tracts of mountain limestone are mere sheep-walks, and would be comparatively worthless except for the lime that may be obtained by burning.

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons