Farmyard
['fɑːmjɑːd] or ['fɑrmjɑrd]
Definition
(n.) The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm buildings.
Editor: Vince
Examples
- We found Piani and Bonello stopped in the farmyard. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mr. Brooke got down at a farmyard-gate, and Dorothea drove on. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The farmyard must be moved, I grant you; but I am not aware of anything else. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The farmyard must be cleared away entirely, and planted up to shut out the blacksmith's shop. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
Editor: Stanton