Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Space where cattle may lie down and rest.

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

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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 Richard 2006

  • Large ministry licenced lairage and isolation stables on premises.

    Horse & Hound Online news 2010

  • There are a reduced number of white-collar staff working there, enabling the lairage to work more efficiently.

    FWi - All News 2010

  • There are a reduced number of white-collar staff working there, enabling the lairage to work more efficiently.

    FWi - All News 2010

  • 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 2010

  • 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 2010

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  • Consider the bees' looted hives

    And kine in their bucolic lives,

    Kept safe in their lairages

    From natural ravages

    En route to the abbatoir's knives.

    February 3, 2017