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

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stall-fed

The cattle were sent over by schooner, late in the fall, and stall-fed until the cold weather set in, when they were killed and the carcasses hung up to freeze.

From Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. by Hunter, Martin

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various

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)

My horse is as fat as a stall-fed ox.

From The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer by Beatty, John

Truth rebukes error; and whether stall-fed or famishing, theology needs Truth to stimulate and sustain a good sermon.

From No and Yes by Eddy, Mary Baker