cattle up
verb1
Figuratively, Rare To gather (a group of people) together into a small space.
- I think Scuba Du is the best operation we have dove with in Cozumel, others have been Dive Paradise and Scuba Cozumel at the Galapago. We were there in low season and had 4-6 divers per boat. I suspect they could have "cattled" us up in one or two boats but they put the whole fleet out.1997 December 23, Re: Cozumel Scuba Du, “William Seiffert, M.D.”, in rec.scuba.locations (Usenet):
- We were led out of the bar and they cattled us all up against the police vans. The cops pushed us up against the grates and the fences. People started throwing pennies, nickels, and quarters at the cops, and then the bottles started.1998, Leslie Feinberg, “In the Spirit of Stonewall” (chapter 6), in Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue, Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, →ISBN, page 107: