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Definition of Abattoirs

1. abattoir [n] - See also: abattoir

Medical Definition of Abattoirs

1. Places where animals are slaughtered and dressed for market. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abattoirs

Literary usage of Abattoirs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Abattoirs: A Paper Read Before the Polytechnic Branch of the American ...by Thomas Farrington De Voe, Thomas Farrington DeVoe by Thomas Farrington De Voe, Thomas Farrington DeVoe (1866)
""The intention of this paper is to show whether slaughtering establishments, within the precincts of the city, are baneful to the health of the citizens ."

2. Text-book of Meat Hygiene: With Special Consideration of Antemortem and by Richard Heinrich Edelmann (1919)
"Abattoirs AND STOCKYARDS. THE supply of meat constitutes for all communities, especially for large cities, a factor of pronounced economic and hygienic ..."

3. Paris and Environs with Routes from London to Paris: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (1900)
"Visitors are also usually permitted to visit the adjoining Abattoirs de la ... The butchers of the abattoirs are not retail dealers, but sell the meat ..."

4. "Railway Abattoirs" and Other Papers Relating to Meat Distributionby D. Tallerman by D. Tallerman (1891)
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5. The Secrets of the Great City: A Work Descriptive of the Virtues and the by James Dabney McCabe (1868)
"Now the slaughtering is done almost entirely at the abattoirs, or slaughter houses, at Communipaw, New Jersey. The buildings used for this purpose are large ..."

6. Sanitation of Public Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1907)
"the sanitary arrangement and equipment of many abattoirs were carried out, ... It should be mentioned that the large abattoirs of Western cities have always ..."

7. European Agriculture and Rural Economy: From personal observation by Henry Colman (1851)
"There are other establishments in Paris which are intimately connected with agriculture ; and among these the abattoirs, or great slaughtering houses, ..."

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