catching pen

British  

noun

1. a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing

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Example Sentences

It is the last sheep in a catching pen, and consequently a bad one to shear, as the easy ones are picked first.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis