(stockyard)
1stockyard — stock‧yard [ˈstɒkjɑːd ǁ ˈstɑːkjɑːrd] noun [countable] a place where cattle etc are delivered so that they can be sold, sent to an Abattoir (= place where animals are killed for their meat) etc: • Deliveries of cattle to Argentina s biggest… …
2stockyard — [stäk′yärd΄] n. 1. an enclosure for stock on a farm ☆ 2. an enclosure with pens, sheds, etc. where cattle, hogs, sheep, or horses are kept temporarily before slaughtering or shipment usually used in pl …
3Stockyard — A stockyard is an enclosure for the keeping of livestock. In the United States, stockyards are regulated by the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. They are sometimes associated with slaughterhouses.Some stockyards include:… …
4stockyard corporation — A corporation engaged in maintaining and operating a stockyard as a business enterprise. 50 Am J1st Stocky § 1 …
5stockyard fever — noun or stockyard pneumonia or stockyards pneumonia : shipping fever of cattle …
6stockyard pneumonia — noun see stockyard fever …
7stockyard — noun Date: 1756 a yard for stock; specifically one in which transient cattle, sheep, swine, or horses are kept temporarily for slaughter, market, or shipping …
8stockyard — /stok yahrd /, n. 1. an enclosure with pens, sheds, etc., connected with a slaughterhouse, railroad, market, etc., for the temporary housing of cattle, sheep, swine, or horses. 2. a yard for livestock. [1795 1805; STOCK + YARD2] * * * …
9stockyard — noun An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc …
10stockyard — Смотри шихтовый двор …