stockyard

From stock +‎ yard.

stockyard (plural stockyards)

1. (US, Australia) An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc.
   • 29 June 1940, Mary Gilmore, "No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest", in The Australian Women's Weekly (Sydney), p. 5:

     No foe shall gather our harvest,
     Or sit on our stockyard rail.