trap yard

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trap yard (plural trap yards)

  1. (Australia) An enclosure into which wild cattle, horses or other animals can be driven. [from 19th c.]
    • 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 166:
      ‘Three cows and calves been tracking up the bank down there, Mathew.’ He looked at Mathew. ‘Me and Dougald would have built ourselves a trap yard for them.’

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