transhumance
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /tɹænzˈhjuːməns/
Noun

transhumance

  1. The seasonal movement of people, with their cattle or other grazing animals, to new pastures which may be quite distant.
    • 2005 June 17, C. J. Moore, "Meanwhile: With a hop-hop-hop and a bottle of Swiss bubbly ↗," New York Times (retrieved 20 Aug 2014):
      There are rites of spring in the mountains, and this week I followed the transhumance, the annual movement of cattle, from their lower valley winter quarters up to the higher pastures.
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