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Meaning of Tattersalls | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A rendezvous at most British racecourses, provided by a company of auctioneers

British

Examples

“[…] the professional betting-man, who has no other occupation, and never misses a race-meeting, or a Tattersall's […]”
“Tattersalls, adjacent to the County Stand, has no seating but stepped terracing and a large tarmac area down to the rails.”
“In Manchester the Post Office Hotel was its equivalent to Tattersalls, with entry likewise by subscription but a distinct absence of gentry and aristocratic members […]”
“For three pounds you get a badge — a brown, green, yellow and white shield — that admits you to the grand stand, Tattersalls and the paddock, […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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