one of a nearly extinct English breed of beef cattle having long, horns.

a mark formerly put upon criminals with a hot iron.

an enclosure with pens, sheds, etc., connected with a slaughterhouse, railroad, market, etc., for the temporary housing of cattle, sheep, swine, or horses. a yard for livestock.

a small town, especially one in a cattle-raising district in the western U.S. or Canada. a town or city, especially in the western U.S. or Canada, from which cattle are shipped to market.

the driving together of cattle, horses, etc., for inspection, branding, shipping to market, or the like, as in the western U.S.

a cattle thief. a person or thing that rustles. Informal. an active, energetic person.

a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.