farmyard
See also: farm-yard
English
Alternative forms
- farm-yard (archaic)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɑɹmˌjɑɹd/
Noun
farmyard (plural farmyards)
- (agriculture) The area of a farm, excluding the fields, usually surrounded by or adjacent to farm buildings.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- "Where's Kipper?" I asked, and was surprised to note that Bobbie was dancing round the room on the tips of her toes uttering animal cries, apparently ecstatic in their nature. "Reggie?" she said, suspending the farmyard imitations for a moment.