Definition of gully-raking in English:

gully-raking

noun

mass nounAustralian, NZ historical

1The practice of rounding up or stealing unbranded livestock from remote areas.
everybody does a spot of gully-raking now and then
Example sentencesExamples
- Gully-raking, or sheep and cattle stealing, was common in most districts.
- I had now to resort to what is termed moonlighting and gully-raking.
- I was gully-raking with a mate in the mountains at the back of Richmond.
- Cattle duffing and gully-raking for wandered livestock were in some cases a prelude to bushranging.
- It was my first attempt at gully-raking, leaving my stock-keeper to do his master's share of the work.
2The practice of searching for surface gold.
gold-mining on this field is now confined to gully-raking
Example sentencesExamples
- The principal work has been mere gully-raking or surfacing in the bed of the creek.
- At Gowrie Creek, much of the work is really only surfacing or gully raking.
- Where gullies were worked to a shallow depth, the process was known as 'gully raking'.
- At present there are 13 men gully-raking a mile from the junction with the river.
- The fossicker goes gully-raking into old gullies and worked-out creeks.

单词	gully-raking
释义	Definition of gully-raking in English: gully-raking noun mass nounAustralian, NZ historical 1The practice of rounding up or stealing unbranded livestock from remote areas. everybody does a spot of gully-raking now and then Example sentencesExamples Gully-raking, or sheep and cattle stealing, was common in most districts. I had now to resort to what is termed moonlighting and gully-raking. I was gully-raking with a mate in the mountains at the back of Richmond. Cattle duffing and gully-raking for wandered livestock were in some cases a prelude to bushranging. It was my first attempt at gully-raking, leaving my stock-keeper to do his master's share of the work. 2The practice of searching for surface gold. gold-mining on this field is now confined to gully-raking Example sentencesExamples The principal work has been mere gully-raking or surfacing in the bed of the creek. At Gowrie Creek, much of the work is really only surfacing or gully raking. Where gullies were worked to a shallow depth, the process was known as 'gully raking'. At present there are 13 men gully-raking a mile from the junction with the river. The fossicker goes gully-raking into old gullies and worked-out creeks.
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