stockwoman

Female livestock tender

A stockwoman is a woman who raises or tends livestock, particularly cattle or sheep on a ranch or station.

The term is most common in Australia, where it parallels stockman: She worked as a stockwoman on a cattle station in Queensland.

The role involves mustering, branding, and general care of animals on large pastoral properties.

livestock

cattle

Domesticated bovines kept commercially

beef · goats · equine · swine · lamb · calving · lambing · weaning · branding · ear tagging

herding

mustering

Gathering or summoning

  • droverOne who moves livestock
  • roundupOrganized gathering of scattered things
  • corralFenced livestock enclosure

shepherdess · cattlewoman · sheepdog · collie · flock · wrangler · musterer · penning · drafting · yarding

horsemanship

saddle

Mounted rider's seat

  • ridingControlling while mounted
  • reinsBit-attached steering straps
  • bridleEquine control harness

horseback · mount · hooves · tack · packhorse · canter · gallop · whip · riding boots · saddlebag

outback

station

Fixed stopping point

  • propertySomething owned or inherent
  • ruralOf the countryside
  • bushMulti-stemmed woody plant

dusty · remote · harsh · sunrise · sunset · horizon · landscape · drought · outstation · windmill

attire

boots

Ankle-covering footwear

flannel · jeans · oilskin · hat · spurs · chaps · bandana · belt buckle · sunscreen · gaiters

Opposites
gender

stockwomanstockman

Livestock raiser or tender

cattleman · herdsman · cowboy · drover · grazier

agricultural role

stockwomandairy farmer

One who raises milk-producing livestock

crop farmer · grain farmer · orchardist · horticulturist · market gardener

occupation type

stockwomanurbanite

Metropolitan resident

city dweller · office worker · white-collar worker · factory worker · corporate executive

Family

woman, stock, cowboy, livestock, womanly, womanhood, stockman, cattleman, stockholder

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