Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
gamekeeping

gamekeeping

7.6
The work of caring for wild animals on private land for hunting
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : caza
  • She decided to pursue a career in gamekeeping to contribute to wildlife conservation.

Being outside and just doing stuff, learning and gamekeeping and art is quite a traditional job in Scotland.

Examples

  • Forming a ring about their take and leaning blood-smeared weapons on it, the hunters raise their hands, palms joined, in common prayer (kompuTu) to one or more of the gamekeeping gods.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Being outside and just doing stuff, learning and gamekeeping and art is quite a traditional job in Scotland.

    Dodge Woodall

  • The gamekeeping practices on the estate have improved the population of pheasants.

  • After completing his training, he started working in gamekeeping to manage the deer on the land.

How Confined

canned hunt
1 9.8
gamekeeping
  • UK
7.6

Surface Forms

gamekeeping singular
gamekeepings plural

Morphology

gamekeeping = game + keep (transparent) = game + keep + ing

The meaning is a straightforward activity noun: 'game' (wild animals) + 'keeping' (the act of keeping/caring for them).

Etymology

Gamekeeping comes from two simple words: game, meaning 'wild animals kept for hunting', and keeping, meaning 'looking after', like a zookeeper. So gamekeeping is the work of taking care of wild animals and their land to protect them and prepare them for hunting.