cattleship

American  

[kat-l-ship] / ˈkæt lˌʃɪp /

noun

1. a large vessel for the transportation of livestock.

---

Etymology

Origin of cattleship

First recorded in 1620–30; cattle + ship ¹

Example Sentences

He sailed to England on a cattleship, batting around at many an odd job and alwayssto this he attributes his success—always keeping "well-dressed and well-groomed."

From Time Magazine Archive

The stables were crowded with bunks and men—like a cattleship forecastle.

From Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them by Ruhl, Arthur

It was in this quarter, for a brief sweet time, that Love and Beauty made their strange home, as though a pair of halcyons should choose to nest in the masthead of a cattleship.

From Prose Fancies (Second Series) by Le Gallienne, Richard