stockyard

Etymology

From stock + yard.

stockyard means an enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

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.”