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stableyard

stableyard noun: a yard connecting horses' stables.

Noun

stableyard (plural stableyards)

  1. A yard connecting horses' stables.
    • Mobile starting-gates and horse-boxes stand parked along the kerbs, and behind every large house, it seems, is a red brick stableyard, gleaming with fresh black-and-white paint and polished steel.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164

Forms of stableyard

pluralstableyards

Origin of stableyard

From stable + yard.

Questions about stableyard

What does stableyard mean?
Stableyard means a yard connecting horses' stables.
What part of speech is stableyard?
Stableyard is a noun.
What is the plural of stableyard?
The plural of stableyard is stableyards.

Words near stableyard in the dictionary

  1. stablest
  2. stableward
  3. stablewards
  4. stablewoman
  5. stablewomen
  6. stableyard
  7. stableyards
  8. stablike
  9. stabling
  10. stabling siding
  11. stabling sidings

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