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jailyard

jailyard noun: a yard adjoining a prison.

Noun

jailyard (plural jailyards)

  1. A yard adjoining a prison.
    • Once the Supreme Court affirmed Utah’s right to eradicate him by rifle, Wilkerson was let into a jailyard where he declined to be blindfolded.2008 April 23, Gilbert King, “Cruel and Unusual History”, in New York Times

Forms of jailyard

pluraljailyards
alternative formgaolyard

Origin of jailyard

From jail + yard.

Questions about jailyard

What does jailyard mean?
Jailyard means a yard adjoining a prison.
What part of speech is jailyard?
Jailyard is a noun.
What is the plural of jailyard?
The plural of jailyard is jailyards.

Words near jailyard in the dictionary

  1. Jailtacht
  2. jailtime
  3. jailward
  4. jailwards
  5. jailwear
  6. jailyard
  7. jailyards
  8. Jaime
  9. Jaimes
  10. Jaimeses
  11. Jaimez

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