cattle fair

English

Noun

cattle fair (plural cattle fairs)

1. An event at which cattle can be shown, bought and sold.
   • 1953 May, T. G. O'Donohue, “Claremorris—A West of Ireland Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 299:

     Goods trains to and from Westport, Ballina, Sligo, overload goods specials (almost a daily feature on the route from Limerick and the south), and livestock specials for the monthly cattle fairs at Claremorris and Ballinrobe constitute the remaining trains.

Related terms

• cattle market
• horse fair