cattle car


noun

Railroads. stock car(def 2).
Slang. a railroad passenger car providing little comfort and few amenities.

Origin of cattle car

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Example sentences from the Web for cattle car

  • He entered the yards, where a train was being made up for the south, and there he saw a cattle-car with an open door.

    The Adventures of a Boy Reporter |Harry Steele Morrison