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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

/ ˈɒˌɑː /

noun

  1. a large yard with pens or covered buildings where farm animals are assembled, sold, etc
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stockyard1

First recorded in 1795–1805; stock + yard 2
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Because they often are sold online at auction houses or to stockyards, it can be almost impossible to determine where the beef eventually ends up.

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Old stockyards and abandoned red-brick storehouses are gradually filling with hipster bars and coffee shops, galleries and artisanal-everything shops.

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The stockyards are gone, but the restaurant stayed.

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Farm Sanctuary began not as a home for rescued animals but with a group of young activists working to expose animal cruelty at farms, stockyards and slaughterhouses.

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The old farming dynasties are selling up their land to multinational conglomerates, and the stockyard jobs are gone.

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