cattle market noun2 •A market where people buy and sell cows.The corporation had just opened its new cattle market in Islington, and it had plans for clearances in the Fleet Valley that would make way for the new Farringdon Road, and adjacent meat market. — 2012 •(informal, disapproving) A place, such as a bar or nightclub, that people visit in order to meet partners for casual sex. formscattle markets