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weidegang

English translation: putting the horses in the pasture to graze

08:37 May 23, 2003
Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
Dutch term or phrase: weidegang
More horse talk:
Er is een weidegang (ook voor hengsten)
sammi
Local time: 16:26
English translation:putting the horses in the pasture to graze
Explanation:
a gang in the weide.
instead of just standing around in the stalls all day long.

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Note added at 2003-05-23 08:47:48 (GMT)
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in real horsey talk, weidegang seems to just referred to as \'grazing\':

.. Equines for sale. Horseboxes for sale. ... Mr Turnbull wants to buy a property with 4/5 bedrooms & stabling/grazing for 3 horses. Up to 250k in the Cambridge area. ...
www.britishhorse.co.uk/livyards1.htm - 13k -

.. RIDING SCHOOLS, STABLES, GRAZING. ... Transport, 0161 653 6483, 07710 837472 County Car & Van Hire (self drive), 0161 474 1515 Dave Murray Horseboxes Ltd, Unit 5 ...
www.highergrangefarm.fsnet.co.uk/ODRC/contact.htm - 19k

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Note added at 2003-05-23 09:00:45 (GMT)
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my note to Abklein should contain the word surprising. as in surprising when I don\'t make a typo.
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4 +6putting the horses in the pasture to graze
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putting the horses in the pasture to graze


Explanation:
a gang in the weide.
instead of just standing around in the stalls all day long.

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Note added at 2003-05-23 08:47:48 (GMT)
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in real horsey talk, weidegang seems to just referred to as \'grazing\':

.. Equines for sale. Horseboxes for sale. ... Mr Turnbull wants to buy a property with 4/5 bedrooms & stabling/grazing for 3 horses. Up to 250k in the Cambridge area. ...
www.britishhorse.co.uk/livyards1.htm - 13k -

.. RIDING SCHOOLS, STABLES, GRAZING. ... Transport, 0161 653 6483, 07710 837472 County Car & Van Hire (self drive), 0161 474 1515 Dave Murray Horseboxes Ltd, Unit 5 ...
www.highergrangefarm.fsnet.co.uk/ODRC/contact.htm - 19k

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Note added at 2003-05-23 09:00:45 (GMT)
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my note to Abklein should contain the word surprising. as in surprising when I don\'t make a typo.

writeaway
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1352
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllisonK (X): didn't know you were such an equestrian specialist....;)
12 mins
  -> suprising isn't it, considering a horse is something that usually throws me.......

agree  J. Leo (X): I agree abklein, my knowledge of horses is limited to Mr. Ed
1 hr
  -> you should have paid more attention to what he said...

agree  Edith Kelly
1 hr

agree  vixen
2 hrs

agree  Marijke Mayer: grazing is the word
3 hrs

agree  Andre de Vries
2 days 4 hrs
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