stockyard
noun
stock·yard
ˈstäk-ˌyärd 
: a yard for stock
specifically
: one in which transient cattle, sheep, swine, or horses are kept temporarily for slaughter, market, or shipping
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Upscale apartments and condos now stand on the site of once-bustling stockyards.
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Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2024
In addition to working horses, the authors focus on the cattle and pigs being slaughtered in the Chicago stockyards, the elephants touring the country with P.T. Barnum’s circus, and the city dogs swept up daily by dogcatchers and taken to the pound.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024
The Kimpton Harper Fort Worth is in the heart of downtown and within easy walking distance of the convention center and a short driver to the famous stockyards.
—Kim Westerman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Hit the Hay Western ranchers start to get their fill of deer this month as herds of whitetails, mule deer and even elk descend from neighboring public land on second-cutting alfalfa bales stored in stockyards.
—Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2019
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Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2024
In addition to working horses, the authors focus on the cattle and pigs being slaughtered in the Chicago stockyards, the elephants touring the country with P.T. Barnum’s circus, and the city dogs swept up daily by dogcatchers and taken to the pound.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024
The Kimpton Harper Fort Worth is in the heart of downtown and within easy walking distance of the convention center and a short driver to the famous stockyards.
—Kim Westerman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Hit the Hay Western ranchers start to get their fill of deer this month as herds of whitetails, mule deer and even elk descend from neighboring public land on second-cutting alfalfa bales stored in stockyards.
—Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2019
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“Stockyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stockyard. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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stockyard
noun
stock·yard
ˈstäk-ˌyärd
: a yard in which livestock are kept temporarily for slaughter, market, or shipping
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