lairagen.
/ˈlɛːrɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈlɛ(ə)rɪdʒ/ 1. The placing of cattle in a lair or lairs.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > housing or sheltering of cattle
lairage1881
loose-housing1946
1881 Daily News 31 Jan. 2/6 The lands and buildings at Birkenhead approved by the Privy Council for the landing or lairage of foreign animals.
1881 Cork Constitution 12 Apr. The housing and lairage of stall-fed cattle.
2. collective.
a. Space where cattle may lie down and rest.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > enclosing cattle > enclosure for cattle
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lair1865
lairage1883
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cow-barton1888
cattle-camp1900
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1883 Summary 26 July 6/4 Cattle lairage will be provided.
b. An establishment where cattle are placed in lairs.
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1887 Liverpool Daily Post 14 Feb. 3/7 He visited the lairages and found several oxen suffering from suppurating wounds on the head.
1893 Standard 15 Aug. 5/1 The butchers..prefer to attend the lairages at Birkenhead.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations.
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1871 Daily News 16 Sept. His duty being to collect the outdoor lairage accounts.
1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 July 7/2 Increasing the lairage accommodation at Deptford Cattle Market.
1883 Rosher Princ. Rating 25 Lairage dues, levied on the consignees of foreign cattle.
1896 Times (Weekly ed.) 599/2 Lairage-slaughtered beef and mutton.
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