CATTLESHIP Definition & Meaning

cattleship

[ kat-l-ship ]

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noun

a large vessel for the transportation of livestock.

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Origin of cattleship¹

First recorded in 1620–30; cattle + ship ¹

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It was in this quarter, for a brief sweet time, that Love and Beauty made their strange home, as though a pair of halcyons should choose to nest in the masthead of a cattleship.

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The stables were crowded with bunks and men—like a cattleship forecastle.

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