stockyard

[ stok-yahrd ]

noun

1. an enclosure with pens, sheds, etc., connected with a slaughterhouse, railroad, market, etc., for the temporary housing of cattle, sheep, swine, or horses.
2. a yard for livestock.

stockyard

/ ˈstɒkˌjɑːd /

noun

1. a large yard with pens or covered buildings where farm animals are assembled, sold, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of stockyard¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; stock + yard ²

Example Sentences

The opening of western grazing lands and the great stockyard complexes of the midwest had made beef the relatively cheap meat.

From The Daily Beast

They rode on past a stockyard, and into a rutted street of bare frame houses, and Hetty was glad they scarcely met anybody.

From Project Gutenberg

We had a steak dinner and the meat in the stockyard district was totally different from anything in the East.

From Project Gutenberg

Jim has just gone across to the stockyard, but he will be back to breakfast in a moment.

From Project Gutenberg

The bull was led onto the weighing platform and after being weighed, was put in one of the enclosures of the stockyard.

From Project Gutenberg

When there was an unusually large amount of stock to be sold, part of it was kept at the stockyard and driven over as required.

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Related Words

• abattoir