cattle run

noun

1. a barnyard or fenced area adjacent to a barn used as a limited grazing area or exercise lot for cattle.
2. a passageway used for cattle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cattle run¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The one holds his lands for a cattle-run or a farm, the other employs his in feeding kangaroos or in growing wild roots.

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Well, I had your cattle run off, an' I burned your buildin's.

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That thistle has been the cause of ruin to many a sheep and cattle run all over Australia.

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The name of "Ocho Rios" had been given to the station by the man who had first taken up the block of country for a cattle-run.

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Leland held the big cattle run in the vicinity, though it lay a long ride from his homestead.

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