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lairage|ˈlɛərɪdʒ|
[f. lair n.1 or v.1 + -age.]
1. The placing of cattle in a lair or lairs.
1881Daily News 31 Jan. 2/6 The lands and buildings at Birkenhead approved by the Privy Council for the landing or lairage of foreign animals. 1881Cork Constitution 12 Apr., The housing and lairage of stall-fed cattle.
2. collect.
a. Space where cattle may lie down and rest.
b. An establishment where cattle are placed in lairs.
1883Summary 26 July 6/4 Cattle lairage will be provided. 1887L'pool Daily Post 14 Feb. 3/7 He visited the lairages and found several oxen suffering from suppurating wounds on the head. 1893Standard 15 Aug. 5/1 The butchers..prefer to attend the lairages at Birkenhead.
3. attrib. and Comb.
1871Daily News 16 Sept., His duty being to collect the outdoor lairage accounts. 1882Pall Mall G. 26 July 7/2 Increasing the lairage accommodation at Deptford Cattle Market. 1883Rosher Princ. Rating 25 Lairage dues, levied on the consignees of foreign cattle. 1896Times (weekly ed.) 599/2 Lairage-slaughtered beef and mutton. |