stall-fed

American  

[stawl-fed] / ˈstɔlˈfɛd /

adjective

1. (of animals) confined to and fed in a stall, especially for fattening.

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Etymology

Origin of stall-fed

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

Oh, yes, you would; she was quite inclined to like you before you began to turn, physically, into a stall-fed prize winner.

From The Firing Line by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

And if we were now at the bar of some stall-fed justice, the inquiry would insure the victory to the maker of it, to the manifest delight of the constables and suitors of his court.

From American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) by Johnston, Alexander

In chemical composition it is very similar to beef, though, judging from available data, it is not so fat as stall-fed cattle.

From Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. by Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert)

Hence the eagerness with which stall-fed cattle, who have not the opportunity of plucking up the roots of grass, evince for mould.

From Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. by Vasey, George

The pastoral fields of Scotland are "stall-fed," and the hill-sides "wrinkled and dimpled, like the forms of fatted sheep."

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley