haras
haras — noun
1. a farm where horses are raised so they can produce foals for sale or future bree
a farm where horses are raised so they can produce foals for sale or future breeding
Caleb visited the haras to choose a stallion for his family's mare.
choose a stallion at a breeding farm
At the haras, Elise learned how workers feed newborn foals in winter.
at the haras + daily breeding work
Kwame manages a small haras outside Lyon with twenty breeding horses.
The royal haras sold two young horses to a police riding unit.
After the flood, Imran repaired the fences around the haras before spring.
- stud farm
the more common general English term for this kind of horse-breeding farm
- breeding farm
broader and plainer; it can refer to animals other than horses
- stable
a place where horses are kept, but it does not necessarily breed them
文法句型
at the haras
run a haras
send a mare to a haras
用法筆記
Usually appears in formal writing about horse breeding, especially when the farm is in a French-speaking or European setting. In everyday English, many speakers would say 'stud farm' instead.