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firestick farming

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables
fire-stick- -farm-ing
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional practice of the Aboriginal people of Australia whereby areas of bushland or other vegetation would be deliberately set on fire at various times in order to promote new growth.

Uncountable

Etymology

Coined by Welsh-Australian archaeologist Rhys Jones in "Fire-Stick Farming" (Australian Natural History, vol. 16, iss. 7, p. 224, September 1969).

Usage

Inflected Forms

fire-stick farming (alternative)

Questions

What does firestick farming mean?
A traditional practice of the Aboriginal people of Australia whereby areas of bushland or other vegetation would be deliberately set on fire at various times in order to promote new growth.
Where does firestick farming come from?
Coined by Welsh-Australian archaeologist Rhys Jones in "Fire-Stick Farming" (Australian Natural History, vol. 16, iss. 7, p. 224, September 1969).

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