cattle run

American  

noun

1. a barnyard or fenced area adjacent to a barn used as a limited grazing area or exercise lot for cattle.

2. a passageway used for cattle.

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Etymology

Origin of cattle run

First recorded in 1850–55

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Example Sentences

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cattle run

“When cattle run away, that’s indicative of rough handling, screaming and yelling,” said Ms. Grandin, who gave the center a report suggesting ways to treat cattle more humanely.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2015

Since domestic cattle run loose in South Africa, they come in contact with wild animals, are in turn infected.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was reading a day or two ago about a man who had a large cattle run in a part of Australia where he had been for several years without any near neighbors.

From The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent by Thomas Wallace Knox

The preventive treatment consists in thoroughly draining pastures and yards where cattle run.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.

And Isabelita frowned as she remembered the notices about letting cattle run loose upon the highway.

From Out of the Triangle: a story of the Far East by Mary E. (Mary Ellen) Bamford

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