grazing

Grazeland.

The grazing is all parched and withered up, and it is wonderful how cattle get through the winter here as they do.

There are about one thousand common grazings across the Highlands and Islands. Typically 15-20 crofters share in an area of common grazings, on average 400-500 hectares, which is usually hill-land, unsuitable for cultivation.

The action of animals eating, mainly of grass in a field or on other grassland.

Here were the MacKays' cattle coming steadily up the track from their daily grazings on the lochside driven by Glen.