greenyard
greenyard noun: a pound used for the reception of stray animals.
Noun
greenyard (plural greenyards)
- A pound used for the reception of stray animals.
- Enclosed by a high wall, the site included a greenyard for holding stray cattle, later used as a stoneyard, and there was also a stone-faced brick watch-box.2008, “Rosebery Avenue”, in Philip Temple, editor, Northern Clerkenwell and Pentonville (Survey of London; 47), New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 125
- A yard designed for training hounds.
- To save a good deal of this pulling and hauling about, the couples may first be put on them in the green-yard, for an hour or two in the morning and afternoon; but they must never be left for a moment out of the feeder’s or huntsman’s sight, […]1868, Scrutator [William Knightley Horlock], The Science of Foxhunting and Management of the Kennel, London: George Routledge and Sons, page 48
Forms of greenyard
| plural | greenyards |
|---|---|
| alternative form | green-yard |
| alternative form | green yard |
Origin of greenyard
From green + yard.
Questions about greenyard
- What does greenyard mean?
- Greenyard means a pound used for the reception of stray animals.
- What part of speech is greenyard?
- Greenyard is a noun.
- What is the plural of greenyard?
- The plural of greenyard is greenyards.
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