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green-yard, greenyard|ˈgriːnjɑːd|
An enclosure covered with grass or turf (not paved). In various specific applications.
†1. At Norwich (see quot. 1870). Obs.
1578Joyf. Receiving Q. Eliz. Norwich C iij b, M. Churchyard brought Mercurie.. into the greene yard vnder the..bedchamber window, out of the which, the Queenes Maiestie looked. 1644Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 101 Preacht..in the Green-Yard of Norwich. a1656Ibid. 63 The Leaden Crosse, which had been newly sawne downe from over the Green-Yard Pulpit. 1870Murray's Handbk. Essex, etc. 206 The Green Yard of the monastery [Norwich], in which was a cross, where sermons were occasionally preached.
2. An enclosure for the reception of stray animals and vehicles; a pound.
1720Lond. Gaz. No. 5866/2 Two Stables in the Green⁓Yard without Aldermanbury-Postern. 1824Bell's Life in Spirit Publ. Jrnls. (1825) 135 If you don't take charge of the coach, I'll take it to the green-yard, and yourself to the watch-house. 1852Househ. Words 23 Oct. 136 Phaetons that should properly have been sequestrated in the Greenyard of oblivion..long since. 1862Times 16 Aug. 11/3 The greenyard belonged to the defendant's ancestors and was not a parochial greenyard or pound. 1889Vincent Police Code (ed. 6) 90 In nearly every parish there is a greenyard or pound, where animals found straying or in the possession of prisoners, may be kept at certain charges. 1893Daily News 12 Dec. 5/3 ‘Green yard’..is the metropolitan equivalent for the village ‘pound’.
3. A grass yard for hounds to take exercise in.
1828Sporting Mag. XXIII. 23 Great care should be taken in keeping the green-yard in order. 1841Tattersall Sport. Archit. 84 The large green yard..should adjoin the apartments for the young hounds. |