knacker

A noun referring to a person who buys and breaks up old buildings or ships to salvage materials, or someone who buys old horses for slaughter.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv für eine Person, die alte Gebäude oder Schiffe aufkauft und abwrackt, um Materialien zu gewinnen, oder die alte Pferde zum Schlachten aufkauft. Umgangssprachlich abwertend auch für einen Schinder oder jemanden, der mit alten Tieren handelt.

1. Salvage dealer C1 formal british

   A person who purchases old buildings or ships and dismantles them to recover and sell the materials.

   • The knacker bought the abandoned warehouse for its steel beams.
   • He worked as a knacker, breaking down old ships for scrap metal.
   • The knacker's yard was full of salvaged timber and bricks.

   🇩🇪Altmaterialhändler

   Synonyme: salvagerwrecker

2. Horse slaughterer C1 formal british

   A person who buys old, injured, or unwanted horses to slaughter them for their meat, hide, or other by-products.

   • The old racehorse was sold to a knacker.
   • Knackers were once common in rural areas for disposing of worn-out horses.
   • The knacker's trade has declined with modern animal welfare laws.

   🇩🇪Pferdeschlächter

• knackers plural form
• knackers' possessive plural form
• knacker's possessive singular form