stall-feed

American  

[stawl-feed] / ˈstɔlˌfid /

verb (used with object)

stall-fed, stall-feeding

1. to keep and feed (an animal) in a stall.

2. to fatten (an animal) for slaughter by stall-feeding.

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stall-feed British  

verb

1. (tr) to keep and feed (an animal) in a stall, esp as an intensive method of fattening it for slaughter

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Etymology

Origin of stall-feed

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

It is a very uneven track of ground, abounding with swamps; here they turn in their fat cattle, or such as they intend to stall-feed, for their winter's provisions.

From Letters from an American Farmer by St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector

Would it not be well for some of our farmers, who stall-feed cattle, to try this or a similar mode?

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

In latitudes, however, in which it becomes necessary to stall-feed during several months of the year, barns are indispensable.

From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Jennings, Robert

They stall-feed very fat, no doubt; but though generally very good, I have never, in any part of the States, tasted beef equal to the best in England.

From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Murray, Henry A.