noun
Refers to a facility where animals are slaughtered for meat. The cross-reference 屠畜場 is a synonym.
See also: 屠畜場
この町には大きな屠場がある。
There is a large slaughterhouse in this town.
屠場の衛生管理は厳しい。
Sanitary control at the slaughterhouse is strict.
Synonym; also means slaughterhouse. 屠場 is a slightly shorter form.
Compound of 屠 (to, 'slaughter') and 場 (jō, 'place'). The reading とじょう is a regular on'yomi combination.