I’ve only ever heard it used in British shows and movies. Guessing it’s the fairly common British term for slaughterhouse.
Wow, this answers so many questions. I’ve always thought that vegetarian forms of meat products tasted little funny. And now I know why, I bet I always got the ones that had clown DNA in them.
The philosopher Gnerdel believed the purpose of life was to live as high on the food chain as possible. She refused to eat vegetarians, preferring to live entirely on creatures that preyed on sentient beings.