| 单词 | grass yard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrass yard grass yard n. a relatively small area of grass enclosed by a fence, wall, or buildings; (Hunting) a grassed enclosure in which hounds are exercised (= green yard n. 1c). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > place to exercise hounds grass yard1466 green yard1828 dog run1897 1466 in J. B. Paul Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1882) II. 185/2 Reservatis dicto Alano, quodam orto, le Girse Yarde nuncupato vulgariter, in quo curie dicti Alani tenentur. 1612 H. Ainsworth Bk. Psalmes Englished with Annot. x. 29 In the wayting-place of the villages or, the ambush of the court yards, both which have their name in Hebrue of the grasse that groweth in them: as it were grass-yards. 1796 P. Beckford Thoughts on Hunting (new ed.) 338 Great grass yard, for airing the hounds belonging to the hunting kennel. 1841 G. Tattersall Sporting Archit. 75 A grass-yard adjoining the kennel. 1949 M. Houghland Gone Away ix. 82 The more space you give a hound, the healthier he is, so the large grass yard should be as extensive as your purse or situation will permit. 2017 Central Queensland News (Nexis) 8 Dec. 52 I am in my cold prison cell after my first official exercise session—four glorious hours in the grass yard behind our block. < as lemmas |
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