Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goatwalking

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: goat-walk-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of nomadic wildland living, travelling with goats and milking them for food, put forward as an alternative to modern living.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The goatwalker is a runaway slave who knows how to live off the land. Naturally, therefore, he will feel sympathy for his fellow cimarrons—and Jim Corbett's own goatwalking has always had that dimension."
"Goatwalking in North America is advocated by Jim Corbett, who extols the virtues of seasonal, nomadic, pedestrian pastorality, attracting the disenchanted."

Etymology

From goat + walking, introduced by James A. Corbett.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does goatwalking mean?: A form of nomadic wildland living, travelling with goats and milking them for food, put forward as an alternative to modern living.
Where does goatwalking come from?: From goat + walking, introduced by James A. Corbett.

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