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trap yards

trap yards is the plural of trap yard.

Meaning of trap yard

Noun

trap yard (plural trap yards)

  1. (Australia) An enclosure into which wild cattle, horses or other animals can be driven.
    • ‘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.’2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 166
    Synonyms:
    trapping yard

Questions about trap yards

What is trap yards the plural of?
Trap yards is the plural of trap yard.

Words near trap yards in the dictionary

  1. trap shoots
  2. trap stairs
  3. trap street
  4. trap streets
  5. trap yard
  6. trap yards
  7. trap-bath split
  8. trap-door
  9. trap-doors
  10. trap-house
  11. trap-houses

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