showyard
English
Etymology
show + yard
Noun
showyard (plural showyards)
- An enclosed yard where livestock is exhibited.
- 1883, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, Prize-essays and Transactions (page 227)
- 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)