dungmereとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

dungmere (複数形 dungmeres)

1. A pit or pile where dung is mixed with other organic material to produce manure for fertilizer.
   • 1950, Información comercial española - Issues 203-208, page 981:

     By means of this Act farmers are helped in carrying out a good many improvement, such as transforming his property into irrigable land, well-prospecting, purchase and installation of pumps for water elevation, construction of reservoirs, electrification, erection of buildings for agricultural exploitation (hen-houses, stables, barns, hogsties, etc.), new plantations, stockfeed silos, dungmeres, land-supporting, etc.

   • 1967, Nils Einar Andersson, Method of and apparatus for conveying manure from stable gutters: US Patent 3,319,896:

     The present invention overcomes these disadvantages and relates to a method of conveying manure from a stable via a dungmere to a storage or loading site.

   • 2001, Malayalam Literary Survey - Volume 23, page 57:

     It seems Musaliar predicted that 'the gold chain would be retrieved tomorrow from the dungmere'.