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