ˈbushmanship
[f. prec., sense 2.]
The practice of working, etc., in the bush; bush-farming.
| 1880 Blackw. Mag. Feb. 169 Bush-Life. Queensl. His intimate knowledge of bushmanship. 1922 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Dec. 869/3 He made his way back to South Africa and..found himself serving in the Intelligence Department, for which the knowledge of bushmanship and native customs obtained in lion-hunting specially recommended him. 1931 T. A. Harper Windy Island ii. v. 146 A friendship based on bushmanship. 1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 56 The first rule of bushmanship is ‘Don't cross a fence or go through a gate when you're bushed’. |