stockyard
nounEtymology From stock + yard.
1
Australia, US An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc.
- No foe shall gather our harvest, Or sit on our stockyard rail.29 June 1940, Mary Gilmore, "No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest", in The Australian Women's Weekly (Sydney), p. 5
- Derived terms
- Stockyard Creek