green yardn.

Brit.

/ˈɡriːn jɑːd/, U.S.

/ˈɡrin ˌjɑrd/

Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and yard n.¹

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., yard n.¹; green n.¹, yard n.¹

Etymology: Probably partly < green adj. + yard n.¹, and partly < green n.¹ + yard n.¹

a. A grassy enclosure, a paddock.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture > enclosed pasture

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green yard1418

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butt1542

paddock1547

septuma1552

staff1786

camp1877

night paddock1922

run-off1933

1418 in W. Fraser Melvilles & Leslies (1890) III. 19 Alane Kynnard..resignit a tempil land, the quylk is callit the Grene Yardis, with twa acire of feld land tharto liand, in the handis of Jhon of Tiri, balye of the Tempelis.

1474 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 3 The fewferme of Johne of Sollaris for the grene ȝardis besyde Striueline.

1598 L. A. tr. G. Fernandez Honour of Chiualrie xl. 236 A fayre large greene yarde, in midst whereof, was erected a gallant Piller.

1641 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1641/8/284 The charter and infeftment granted..to Thomas Forbes..of all and whole the lands, fortalice and manor place of Abbotshall of Ellon, with the green yards and meadow thereof, [etc.].

1732 A. de la Mottraye Voyages iii. 243/2 You'll meet with a green Yard which you go through by an Alley of Trees.

1866 J. G. Nall Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft (App.) p. xxiii The Conventual Church and its precincts covered the present site of Queen Street, having on the south side handsome cloisters, including a ‘greenyard’.

1900 Eggs & Egg Farms 33/2 At the end of each three yards is a green yard thirty-six by forty, to which the fowls have access in turn.

2009 B. M. Heavner Angel's Choice v. 47 He drove to an eight story apartment building with a green yard, a gated wrought iron fence surrounding it.

b. An enclosure for impounded animals and vehicles; a pound. Now historical.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > enclosure > fold or pen > pound

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pounda1425

pound open1530

pound close1567

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flat-house1698

1690 T. Johnson et al. Case Loyal Subj. very much Oppressed (broadside petition) We..had several of our Coaches seized and carried to the Green-Yard, and forced to redeem them with Fines, some 20 s. others 40 s.

1720 London Gaz. No. 5866/2 Two Stables in the Green~Yard without Aldermanbury-Postern.

1777 Ann. Reg. 1776 173/2 In failure of obedience to this signal, the cattle are to be sent to the Green-yard.

1824 Bell's Life in London in Spirit of Public 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.

1852 Househ. Words 23 Oct. 136 Phaetons that should properly have been sequestrated in the Greenyard of oblivion..long since.

1862 Times 16 Aug. 11/3 The greenyard belonged to the defendant's ancestors and was not a parochial greenyard or pound.

1889 C. E. H. Vincent 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.

1893 Daily News 12 Dec. 5/3 ‘Green yard’..is the metropolitan equivalent for the village ‘pound’.

1908 Encycl. Laws Eng. (ed. 2) XI. 358 Local authorities in London are empowered to establish a green yard (a pound in all but name), to which to take animals and goods found unclaimed in public places.

1928 Times 14 Jan. 14/3 On the way to the police green yard, where they were impounded, three of the stronger pigs fought to get possession of a piece of linoleum.

1983 H. Hanson Coaching Life v. 50 Even lingering above five minutes in forbidden territory, and coach and horses were taken off to the pound—the Green Yard.

c. A grassed enclosure in which hounds are exercised.

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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

1828 Sporting Mag. 23 23 Great care should be taken in keeping the green-yard in order.

1841 G. Tattersall Sporting Archit. 84 The large green yard..should adjoin the apartments for the young hounds.

1874 G. F. Berkeley Fact Against Fiction I. iv. 113 It was my custom..to seat myself on a stone in the middle of the greenyard, to watch the gambols of the hoped-to-be companions of many a leisure hour.

1906 J. H. Walsh Dogs of Great Brit., Amer. & Other Countries (new ed.) ii. iii. 210 In front of the kennels, and extending round to the back door of the feeding-house, there should be a good large green yard enclosed by a wall or pickets.

2005 K. M. Rogers First Friend iv. 53 A roomy kennel..and an enclosed green yard that got sun all day.

2. In Norwich: an open space to the north of the Cathedral, frequently used for preaching.The space was established in the 15th cent., and was originally provided with a permanent pulpit, and seats for dignitaries.

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society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastic land > [noun] > covered with grass or turf

green yard1578

1578 Joyf. Receiving Q. Eliz. Norwich sig. C iij^v M. Churchyard brought Mercurie..into the greene yard vnder the..bedchamber window, out of the which, the Queenes Maiestie looked.

1607 F. Mason Authoritie of Church (title page) Deliuered in a sermon preached in the Greene yard at Norwich the third Sunday after Trinitie. 1605.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 63 The Leaden Crosse..had been newly sawne downe from over the Green-Yard Pulpit.

1711 J. Strype Life M. Parker xvii. 253 For a sermon to be preached in the Greenyard of the City of Norwich, 6s. 8d.

1781 M. J. Armstrong Hist. & Antiq. Norfolk VI. 104 Preaching in those days, and till near our own times, being often in the church-yards, as..in the Green-yard at Norwich, at Paul's Cross in London, &c.

1816 J. Britton Hist. See & Cathedral Church Norwich 49 In an open area, called the green-yard, on the north side of the church and west of the palace, was a cross, at which the combination sermons were preached in the summer before the epoch of the Reformation.

1870 Handbk. Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, & Cambs. (John Murray) 206 The Green Yard of the monastery [in Norwich], in which was a cross, where sermons were occasionally preached.

1906 T. F. Bumpus Cathedrals Eng. & Wales v. 176 In the eighth bay an Early English door,..now blocked up, opened to the green yard of the priory.

1966 P. Collinson in G. J. Cuming Stud. Church Hist. III. 117 A regular opportunity to confer with the bishop or chancellor would be provided by appointing the superintendents to preach the Sunday sermons in the Green Yard at Norwich.

2003 J. Spraggon Puritan Iconoclasm Eng. Civil War iv. 112 A sermon preached in the green-yard, outside of the cathedral, called upon the city leaders to do their reforming duty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	green yard
释义	green yardn. Brit. /ˈɡriːn jɑːd/, U.S. /ˈɡrin ˌjɑrd/ Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and yard n.¹ Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., yard n.¹; green n.¹, yard n.¹ Etymology: Probably partly < green adj. + yard n.¹, and partly < green n.¹ + yard n.¹ 1. a. A grassy enclosure, a paddock. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture > enclosed pasture ham901 green yard1418 pasture field1464 ward1473 butt1542 paddock1547 septuma1552 staff1786 camp1877 night paddock1922 run-off1933 1418 in W. Fraser Melvilles & Leslies (1890) III. 19 Alane Kynnard..resignit a tempil land, the quylk is callit the Grene Yardis, with twa acire of feld land tharto liand, in the handis of Jhon of Tiri, balye of the Tempelis. 1474 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 3 The fewferme of Johne of Sollaris for the grene ȝardis besyde Striueline. 1598 L. A. tr. G. Fernandez Honour of Chiualrie xl. 236 A fayre large greene yarde, in midst whereof, was erected a gallant Piller. 1641 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1641/8/284 The charter and infeftment granted..to Thomas Forbes..of all and whole the lands, fortalice and manor place of Abbotshall of Ellon, with the green yards and meadow thereof, [etc.]. 1732 A. de la Mottraye Voyages iii. 243/2 You'll meet with a green Yard which you go through by an Alley of Trees. 1866 J. G. Nall Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft (App.) p. xxiii The Conventual Church and its precincts covered the present site of Queen Street, having on the south side handsome cloisters, including a ‘greenyard’. 1900 Eggs & Egg Farms 33/2 At the end of each three yards is a green yard thirty-six by forty, to which the fowls have access in turn. 2009 B. M. Heavner Angel's Choice v. 47 He drove to an eight story apartment building with a green yard, a gated wrought iron fence surrounding it. b. An enclosure for impounded animals and vehicles; a pound. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > enclosure > fold or pen > pound pinfolda1170 penfold1382 pounda1425 pound open1530 pound close1567 poind1643 green yard1690 flat-house1698 1690 T. Johnson et al. Case Loyal Subj. very much Oppressed (broadside petition) We..had several of our Coaches seized and carried to the Green-Yard, and forced to redeem them with Fines, some 20 s. others 40 s. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5866/2 Two Stables in the Green~Yard without Aldermanbury-Postern. 1777 Ann. Reg. 1776 173/2 In failure of obedience to this signal, the cattle are to be sent to the Green-yard. 1824 Bell's Life in London in Spirit of Public 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. 1852 Househ. Words 23 Oct. 136 Phaetons that should properly have been sequestrated in the Greenyard of oblivion..long since. 1862 Times 16 Aug. 11/3 The greenyard belonged to the defendant's ancestors and was not a parochial greenyard or pound. 1889 C. E. H. Vincent 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. 1893 Daily News 12 Dec. 5/3 ‘Green yard’..is the metropolitan equivalent for the village ‘pound’. 1908 Encycl. Laws Eng. (ed. 2) XI. 358 Local authorities in London are empowered to establish a green yard (a pound in all but name), to which to take animals and goods found unclaimed in public places. 1928 Times 14 Jan. 14/3 On the way to the police green yard, where they were impounded, three of the stronger pigs fought to get possession of a piece of linoleum. 1983 H. Hanson Coaching Life v. 50 Even lingering above five minutes in forbidden territory, and coach and horses were taken off to the pound—the Green Yard. c. A grassed enclosure in which hounds are exercised. 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 1828 Sporting Mag. 23 23 Great care should be taken in keeping the green-yard in order. 1841 G. Tattersall Sporting Archit. 84 The large green yard..should adjoin the apartments for the young hounds. 1874 G. F. Berkeley Fact Against Fiction I. iv. 113 It was my custom..to seat myself on a stone in the middle of the greenyard, to watch the gambols of the hoped-to-be companions of many a leisure hour. 1906 J. H. Walsh Dogs of Great Brit., Amer. & Other Countries (new ed.) ii. iii. 210 In front of the kennels, and extending round to the back door of the feeding-house, there should be a good large green yard enclosed by a wall or pickets. 2005 K. M. Rogers First Friend iv. 53 A roomy kennel..and an enclosed green yard that got sun all day. 2. In Norwich: an open space to the north of the Cathedral, frequently used for preaching.The space was established in the 15th cent., and was originally provided with a permanent pulpit, and seats for dignitaries. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastic land > [noun] > covered with grass or turf green yard1578 1578 Joyf. Receiving Q. Eliz. Norwich sig. C iij^v M. Churchyard brought Mercurie..into the greene yard vnder the..bedchamber window, out of the which, the Queenes Maiestie looked. 1607 F. Mason Authoritie of Church (title page) Deliuered in a sermon preached in the Greene yard at Norwich the third Sunday after Trinitie. 1605. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 63 The Leaden Crosse..had been newly sawne downe from over the Green-Yard Pulpit. 1711 J. Strype Life M. Parker xvii. 253 For a sermon to be preached in the Greenyard of the City of Norwich, 6s. 8d. 1781 M. J. Armstrong Hist. & Antiq. Norfolk VI. 104 Preaching in those days, and till near our own times, being often in the church-yards, as..in the Green-yard at Norwich, at Paul's Cross in London, &c. 1816 J. Britton Hist. See & Cathedral Church Norwich 49 In an open area, called the green-yard, on the north side of the church and west of the palace, was a cross, at which the combination sermons were preached in the summer before the epoch of the Reformation. 1870 Handbk. Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, & Cambs. (John Murray) 206 The Green Yard of the monastery [in Norwich], in which was a cross, where sermons were occasionally preached. 1906 T. F. Bumpus Cathedrals Eng. & Wales v. 176 In the eighth bay an Early English door,..now blocked up, opened to the green yard of the priory. 1966 P. Collinson in G. J. Cuming Stud. Church Hist. III. 117 A regular opportunity to confer with the bishop or chancellor would be provided by appointing the superintendents to preach the Sunday sermons in the Green Yard at Norwich. 2003 J. Spraggon Puritan Iconoclasm Eng. Civil War iv. 112 A sermon preached in the green-yard, outside of the cathedral, called upon the city leaders to do their reforming duty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1418
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