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lairage

/ˈlɛːɹɪd͡ʒ/

lairage noun: a place where sheep or cattle may be rested during transit to a market or abattoir.

Noun

lairage (plural lairages)

  1. A place where sheep or cattle may be rested during transit to a market or abattoir.
    • On this they built the station with a lairage for cattle beneath.1956 September, F. F. Nicholls, “Neyland, A Forgotten Harbour”, in Railway Magazine, page 632
    • Part of this section runs beneath the Glasgow Cattle Market, and lairage for livestock traffic is provided beside Bellgrove Station; trains are received from all over Scotland on market days.1960 January, G. H. Robin, “The City of Glasgow Union Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 25

lairage meaning in Tamil

lairage in Tamil

கால்நடை வழித்தங்கல் பட்டி

Forms of lairage

plurallairages

Origin of lairage

lair + -age

Questions about lairage

What does lairage mean?
Lairage means a place where sheep or cattle may be rested during transit to a market or abattoir.
What is lairage in Tamil?
Lairage in Tamil is கால்நடை வழித்தங்கல் பட்டி. See Lairage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lairage?
Lairage is a noun.
How do you pronounce lairage?
Lairage is pronounced /ˈlɛːɹɪd͡ʒ/.
What is the plural of lairage?
The plural of lairage is lairages.

Words near lairage in the dictionary

  1. Laipply
  2. lair
  3. lair it up
  4. lair up
  5. Laira
  6. lairage
  7. lairages
  8. laird
  9. lairded
  10. lairdess
  11. lairdesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lairage (page history and authors); lairage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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