cattle yard

Fenced bovine area

A cattle yard is an enclosed area where cattle are gathered for handling, sorting, or holding.

The term is more common in Australian and British English; Americans typically say corral or stockyard.

We moved the herd into the cattle yard for branding.

Related

ranch · herd · livestock · fence · gate · chute · loading ramp · branding · branding iron · dust · hooves · manure · auction · sale barn · wrangler · roundup · working dogs · loading

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spatial confinement

cattle yardopen range

Unfenced public grazing land

free range · grazing land · rangeland · prairie · grassland

wild vs. managed spaces

cattle yardwilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

natural habitat · backcountry

Family

cattle, yard, yards, yardage, chattel, chattels, capital, capitalism, capitalist

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