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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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

The character of the country is an open stony plateau, upon which lines of hills or ranges rise; it is intersected by numerous watercourses, all trending to Lake Eyre, and was an excellent cattle run.

From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest

In winter the cattle run at will in the "Bush," as the settlers call this characteristic scenery, wherever they can find the best pasture for themselves.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

The cattle run would certainly have to go, but that wouldn't count so much.

From By Right of Purchase by Bindloss, Harold