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

And this in stall-fed America, in the twentieth century!

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple

A stall-fed fowl may be recognized by the color of its fat, which is pale white, and lies in thick folds beneath the skin along the lower half of the backbone.

From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.

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

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

From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre

In the northern districts they are stall-fed on the waste material of the beet-sugar and oil-works, and of the distilleries.

From France by Home, Gordon Cochrane