lairage

Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • noun Space where cattle may lie down and rest.

Examples

  • The slaughterhouse did not have the lairage required by EU regulations, or all the equipment that went with it, so it could not be licensed.

    The emasculation of common sense

  • The Jones family already composts 5,000 tonnes of animal and lairage waste annually from the giant St Merryn Meats slaughterhouse near Merthyr Tydfil for use on their 600-acre arable and livestock farm.

    WalesOnline - Home

  • Bacteriophages are naturally occurring viruses that prey on bacteria and have been suggested as a potential intervention strategy to reduce Salmonella levels in food animals on the farm and in the lairage period.

    ThePigSite - Global Pig Industry News Feeds

Note

The word 'lairage' comes from 'lair' (bed) and the suffix '-age'.