单词 | stintage |
释义 | stintage|ˈstɪntɪdʒ| [f. stint n.1 or v. + -age.] 1. a. = stinting vbl. n. 2. b. The allotment of ‘stints’. (Cf. stint n.1 6.)
1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 116 In the middle field beyond Keldiegate where the flatte runnes out, that is called the stintage, and that which is up towards the Spellowe heads is sayd to bee above the stintinge. 1894Carlisle Patriot 4 May 3/7 (Cumbld. Gloss.) The old herds were re⁓appointed for the summer stintage. 2. Niggardly apportionment.
1882J. Walker Jaunt to Auld Reekie 250 Thy mean penurious stintage O' earthly pleasure. |

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