lairage

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/ˈlɛːɹɪd͡ʒ/

noun

A place where sheep or cattle may be rested during transit to a market or abattoir.

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Meanings

nounlairage (plural lairages)

plural lairages

  1. A place where sheep or cattle may be rested during transit to a market or abattoir.

    On this they built the station with a lairage for cattle beneath.

    1956 September, F. F. Nicholls, “Neyland, A Forgotten Harbour”, in Railway Magazine, page 632
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    Part of this section runs beneath the Glasgow Cattle Market, and lairage for livestock traffic is provided beside Bellgrove Station; trains are received from all over Scotland on market days.

    1960 January 28, G. H. Robin, “The City of Glasgow Union Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 25

Origin

lair + -age

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Rhymes & wordplay

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AlgeriaregaliaAlegriarailage
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