Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abattoir"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abattoir \A`bat`toir"\ ([.a]`b[.a]t`tw[aum]r"), n.; pl.
{Abattoirs} (-tw[aum]rz"). [F., fr. abattre to beat down. See
{Abate}.]
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abattoir
n : a building where animals are butchered [syn: {butchery}, {shambles},
{slaughterhouse}]
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