单词 | squeeze chute |
释义 | squeeze chuten. Chiefly North American. Originally: a narrow passageway through which cattle or other animals may be driven in single file, esp. in order to be branded or marked. Now usually: a narrow stall, pen, or (esp.) steel cage-like structure used to confine and restrain a cow, horse, or other animal during veterinary treatment, examination, etc. Cf. chute n.1 3b, crush n. 4c, and crush n. Additions. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > enclosure > branding or dipping corral or shute crush-pen1856 race1862 branding-yard1881 chute1881 branding-chute1882 branding-corrall1885 crush-yard1888 squeeze chute1899 squeeze gate1925 shute1961 1899 Sunday Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 19 Mar. ii. 8/4 We got the herd turned over all right, an' built a ‘squeeze chute’ an' branded em all. 1963 R. L. Davis & W. L. Edgerley Feed-lot & Ranch Equipm. for Beef Cattle (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 1584) 16 A squeeze chute with a side-opening gate..is useful when an animal must be examined or treated. 1989 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 53 897/1 We worked each bison through a squeeze chute, where we applied numbered ear tags and determined ages. 2005 Discover May 49/1 A curving single-file alley with solid sides leading to a squeeze chute, where cows are restrained..and given their shots. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1899 |
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