cattle fair
noun1
An event at which cattle can be shown, bought and sold.
- Goods trains to and from Westport, Ballina, Sligo, overload goods specials (almost a daily feature on the route from Limerick and the south), and livestock specials for the monthly cattle fairs at Claremorris and Ballinrobe constitute the remaining trains.1953 May, T. G. O'Donohue, “Claremorris—A West of Ireland Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 299:
- Related terms
- cattle market, horse fair