Definition of knacker's yard in English:

knacker's yard

noun

British dated

1A place where old or injured animals are taken to be slaughtered.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's not true to say all horses go to the knacker's yard when their racing days are over.
- Horse lover Caroline Noble, from Melbourne, near York, saved Scartho Top from the knacker's yard in 1999 and has trained her to become a top endurance racer against all the odds.
- According to the script the radical left should have been dispatched to the knacker's yard after history ended with the ‘triumph of capitalism’.
- Row upon row of cars, parked bumper to bumper, all waiting to be carted off to the knacker's yard.
- Charro, a 10-year-old thoroughbred cross Appaloosa mare, was too dangerous to handle and destined for the knacker's yard until a ‘horse whisperer’ took over the reins.
- Northampton are headed for the knacker's yard unless Paul Grayson can save them.
- There is a rush among some fans and pundits to consign Benitez's predecessor to the knacker's yard of football history.
- A low PSA did not guarantee freedom from cancer and a high PSA did not necessarily mean you were ready for the knacker's yard.
- Neither is ready or willing to be put out to grass and they are hardly candidates for the sporting knacker's yard, a fact that Paterson readily concedes himself.
- ‘We will play a few younger lads because I don't want to send some of the older lads to the knacker's yard too early,’ smiles the skipper.
- He was, according to the manager, fit for nothing better than the knacker's yard.
- At 34, she counts almost as a geriatric and carries enough injuries to condemn a horse to the knacker's yard.
- She was just skin and bone when she was rescued from the knacker's yard.
- My first pony, Pepe, was saved from the knacker's yard and he was brilliant.
- Jeff Bridges plays a millionaire car salesman and widower who, after developing a soft spot for the racehorse, saves it from the knacker's yard.
- Surely they would only want fully fit athletes and not a man we have been led to believe is on his last legs, just one tackle away from being sent to the knacker's yard.
1. 1.1 A state or condition of being discarded or rejected as no longer useful or required.
  in 1989, the firm was ready for the knacker's yard

单词	knacker's yard
释义	Definition of knacker's yard in English: knacker's yard noun British dated 1A place where old or injured animals are taken to be slaughtered. Example sentencesExamples It's not true to say all horses go to the knacker's yard when their racing days are over. Horse lover Caroline Noble, from Melbourne, near York, saved Scartho Top from the knacker's yard in 1999 and has trained her to become a top endurance racer against all the odds. According to the script the radical left should have been dispatched to the knacker's yard after history ended with the ‘triumph of capitalism’. Row upon row of cars, parked bumper to bumper, all waiting to be carted off to the knacker's yard. Charro, a 10-year-old thoroughbred cross Appaloosa mare, was too dangerous to handle and destined for the knacker's yard until a ‘horse whisperer’ took over the reins. Northampton are headed for the knacker's yard unless Paul Grayson can save them. There is a rush among some fans and pundits to consign Benitez's predecessor to the knacker's yard of football history. A low PSA did not guarantee freedom from cancer and a high PSA did not necessarily mean you were ready for the knacker's yard. Neither is ready or willing to be put out to grass and they are hardly candidates for the sporting knacker's yard, a fact that Paterson readily concedes himself. ‘We will play a few younger lads because I don't want to send some of the older lads to the knacker's yard too early,’ smiles the skipper. He was, according to the manager, fit for nothing better than the knacker's yard. At 34, she counts almost as a geriatric and carries enough injuries to condemn a horse to the knacker's yard. She was just skin and bone when she was rescued from the knacker's yard. My first pony, Pepe, was saved from the knacker's yard and he was brilliant. Jeff Bridges plays a millionaire car salesman and widower who, after developing a soft spot for the racehorse, saves it from the knacker's yard. Surely they would only want fully fit athletes and not a man we have been led to believe is on his last legs, just one tackle away from being sent to the knacker's yard. 1.1 A state or condition of being discarded or rejected as no longer useful or required. in 1989, the firm was ready for the knacker's yard
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