showyard

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noun

An enclosed yard where livestock is exhibited.

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Meanings

nounshowyard (plural showyards)

plural showyards

  1. An enclosed yard where livestock is exhibited.

    Young breeders should not rush into the showyard with animals bred by other people, and bought at high prices; neither should they, when desirous of starting a herd, purchase first prize animals in a highly overfed state.

    1883, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, Prize-essays and Transactions, page 227

Origin

From show + yard.

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APA

showyard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/showyard

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “showyard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/showyard.

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