showyard

English

Etymology

show +‎ yard

Noun

showyard (plural showyards)

1. An enclosed yard where livestock is exhibited.
   • 1883, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, Prize-essays and Transactions, page 227:

     Young breeders should not rush into the showyard with animals bred by other people, and bought at high prices; neither should they, when desirous of starting a herd, purchase first prize animals in a highly overfed state.