Noun
stockyard (plural stockyards)
(US) An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc.
Why stay in Chicago; what did the town have to justify its existence? One decent boulevard, one decent suburb to the north, priced for the rich, two universities and a lake. As for the rest, endless miles of depressing, dirty streets. The town was one big stockyard. Robert A. Heinlein
Growing out of the Stockyard Days Car Run, this year’s Stockyard Days 31th Annual Car Show & Swap Meet is put on by The Thunderbird Midwest Club and the Twin Cities Regional Group of the Early Ford V-8 Club. Source: Internet
Managing director of Queensland grainfed beef producer and exporter Stockyard, Lachie Hart, said despite higher prices, demand continued to be strong from the Middle East, Japan and Korea. Source: Internet