The act or process of allowing livestock to feed on pasture; the grazing of animals on open land.
The present participle of 'depasture' formed with '-ing.' This gerund creates a noun from the action of the verb.
Farmers would talk about 'the depasturing of the flock' much like we might say 'the grazing'—it's a formal way to describe what was an everyday agricultural event!
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