crush

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a part of a stockyard. See quotations.

1872. C. H. Eden, `My Wife and I in Queensland,' p. 69:

«A crush, which is an elongated funnel, becoming so narrowat the end that a beast is wedged in and unable to move.»

1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 87:

«There were some small yards, and a `crush,' as they call it,for branding cattle.»

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