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stock-route
[ stok-root, -rout ]
noun
, Australian.
- a public trail having right of way across private properties and over which cattle and sheep may be herded to grazing grounds or to market.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stock-route1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
If you follow the track across the clearing, you will find a stock route.
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I was unable to get any information from him beyond the opinion that the country was worthless and a stock route impracticable.
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That a stock route through the desert is quite impracticable we have clearly demonstrated.
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It need hardly be said that any idea of a stock route from Hall's Creek is absolutely impracticable.
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It is therefore most desirable that attempts should be made to find a stock route from the western to the eastern coasts.
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