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

Somehow the catching of, as it were, stall-fed trout has not the same charm as the fishing for the wild trout.

From Project Gutenberg

In the industrial regions of northern France cattle are stall-fed with the waste products of the beet-sugar factories, oil-works and distilleries.

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The stall-fed or squab is prepared the same as the wild one.

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Perhaps more; they're soft with being stall-fed and may quit altogether on the road, and you may not find a convenient armful of hay with which to fix them.

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But nature has her flowers and her fruits, as well as those coarse grains and vegetables on which overgrown reputations are stall-fed.

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