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Cattle farm drone shot.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...049#post195157
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...226#post165477
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...911#post156574
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...280#post121662
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...302#post192299
There was a time when cattlemen SHOT anyone trying to put up a fence on the range.
Feed lot and abattoir.
abattoir... my new word for the day. [ˈabəˌtwär]
NOUN BRITISH a slaughterhouse.
synonyms: slaughterhouse · butchery · knacker's yard · shambles · butcher-row
The word is French, not British.
The Norman invasion of Britain guaranteed that good old Germanic English would be littered with French vocabulary. Ever notice that the word for the livestock is English and the word for the meat derived from that animal is French ?
cow boeuf
sheep mouton
pig porc
deer venaison
After the invasion, the folks tending the animals were British serfs and the folks enjoying the meat were French invaders.
Thats what I get for trusting an internet dictionary.
Try the Wiktionary; they do a good job of showing the etymology of a word...Quote:
Originally Posted by hemmjo
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page
for example...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abattoir
That's a lot of Big Macs!