单词 | abattoir |
释义 | abattoirn. A slaughterhouse; a place where animals are killed for food.In early use chiefly in French context. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > [noun] > abattoir slaughterhousec1374 slaughter-yard1688 abattoir1809 the Yards1865 saladero1870 freezing works1889 chicken factory1893 1809 Cobbett's Polit. Reg. 30 Dec. 1026 Every disposition for the construction of an immense abattoir has been made near the barrier of Rochechouard. 1840 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) V. 340 As the sacrifice of one little pig compared with the massive slaughters that decorate a Parisian abattoir. 1866 Cycl. Useful Arts I. 2/2 Abattoirs have recently been erected in London. 1912 W. E. Weyl New Democracy vii. 82 The little butchers who used to fill our cities and towns with their redolent abattoirs. 1937 Life 22 Mar. 47 Stockyard operators train Judas goats to lure a herd from the storage pens to the abattoir. 1958 Times Rev. Industry Sept. 75/2 Economy installations in Sheffield Corporation abattoir's boiler plant will save the ratepayers £700 a year. 2004 H. Fearnley-Whittingstall River Cottage Meat Bk. iv. 67 The cheapest cattle feeds of all were the ones that contained a lot of animal protein from reprocessed abattoir waste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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