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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

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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

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