Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fly grazing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: fly- -graz-ing
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The grazing of animals, such as horses, on land without the permission of the landowner.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"These changes were regarded as essential to follow the example set by the Welsh Assembly to ensure that fly-grazing is tackled consistently and with the necessary resolve to protect horses from neglect and to safeguard the public from danger."
"Traveller horse owners are often singled out as the main contributors to reduced horse welfare with fly-grazing (unauthorised grazing on private land), tethered and abandoned horses regarded as Traveller practices."
"Fly-grazing is the same as fly-tipping: owners may no longer want the horse, but can’t afford - or don’t want - to pay the charges for having them legally slaughtered, so they let them out to starve or take their chances."
"Defra Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Lord de Mauley, subsequently informed us that the Government supported Julian Sturdy MP’s Private Members’ Bill on the Control of Horses (England) 2014 which introduces several important changes to help tackle fly-grazing."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

fly grazings (plural) fly-grazing (alternative)

Questions

What does fly grazing mean?: The grazing of animals, such as horses, on land without the permission of the landowner.

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