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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Mars used the inheritance to raise purebred Hereford cattle and to buy a stockyard. —

Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024 Visitors may choose to attend one of the country's best rodeos and a daily cattle drive through the stockyard district, or one of the nearly 20 theaters with ballet, opera and symphony orchestra concerts. —

Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 16 July 2024 The Klan organized a boycott of her stockyard, forcing the business to close. After 1964, Mars largely stopped taking photos but remained obsessed with the murders. —

Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024 Upscale apartments and condos now stand on the site of once-bustling stockyards. —

Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stockyard