cattle dock

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cattle dock

noun cattle docks

  1. UK, dated A pen on a platform in a railway goods yard for cattle travelling by rail. The depot covers an area of 57 acres and consists of a shed 480ft by 207ft to handle both forwarded and received traffic, a combined office and amenities block, weighbridge and a cattle dock.

    Similar: cattle pen

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@misc{cattle_dock_2026,
  title = {cattle dock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cattle%20dock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}