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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 1.6 [wn]:
abattoir
n : a building where animals are butchered [syn: {butchery}, {shambles},
{slaughterhouse}]
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