lairage

British

/ ˈlɛərɪdʒ /

noun

accommodation for farm animals, esp at docks or markets

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The passport is scanned when the farmer books a steer for slaughter and is then cross-checked when the animal arrives in the lairage.

From The Guardian

There it spills over us, heavy with the scent of the lairage on the fore deck.

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