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cowyard

cowyard noun: an enclosure for cows close by the farm buildings.

Noun

cowyard (plural cowyards)

  1. An enclosure for cows close by the farm buildings.
    • On entering the palace we were shown into a cowyard without a tree in it, or any shade; and no one was allowed to sell us food until a present of friendship was paid, after which the hongo would be discussed.1864, John Hanning Speke, The Discovery of the Source of the Nile
    • Behind a cowyard of shattered stone pavement and cracked mud stood the farm itself, and around it extended the fields belonging thereto.1898, Eden Phillpotts, Children of the Mist

Forms of cowyard

pluralcowyards

Origin of cowyard

From cow + yard.

Questions about cowyard

What does cowyard mean?
Cowyard means an enclosure for cows close by the farm buildings.
What part of speech is cowyard?
Cowyard is a noun.
What is the plural of cowyard?
The plural of cowyard is cowyards.

Words near cowyard in the dictionary

  1. cowturds
  2. Cowwarr
  3. cowwheat
  4. cowwheats
  5. cowy
  6. cowyard
  7. cowyards
  8. cox
  9. Cox and Box
  10. cox box
  11. cox boxes

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