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Definition of Stockyard
1. Noun. Enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily.
Definition of Stockyard
1. Noun. (American English) An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stockyard
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stockyard
Literary usage of Stockyard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trade Association Activities and the Law: A Discussion of the Legal and by Franklin Daniel Jones (1922)
"(a) When used in this title the term "stockyard" means any place, establishment,
or facility commonly known as stockyards, conducted or operated for ..."
2. Trade Association Activities and the Law: A Discussion of the Legal and by Franklin Daniel Jones (1922)
"(a) When used in this title the term "stockyard" means any place, establishment,
or facility commonly known as stockyards, conducted or operated for ..."
3. Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives by United States Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture (1922)
"After the giving of such notice to the stockyard owner and to the public, the
stockyard shall remain subject to the provisions of this title until like ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"stockyard companies. stockyard companies having transportation facilities ...
625, it was held that a stockyard company, doing what is known as a terminal ..."
5. Transactions by American Foundrymen's Society (1921)
"Description of stockyard The stockyard is an open top runway, 100 feet wide and
640 feet long. There is one 60-ton double trolley, overhead electric ..."
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