stockyard

English

Etymology

From stock +‎ yard.

Noun

stockyard (plural stockyards)

1. (US) (Australia) An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc.
   • 29 June 1940, Mary Gilmore, "No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest", in The Australian Women's Weekly (Sydney), p. 5:

     No foe shall gather our harvest,
     Or sit on our stockyard rail.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: karjatarha
• German: Viehhof m
• Maori: tōkiāri
• Portuguese: redil (pt) m