farmyard
nounUS /ˈfɑɹmˌjɑɹd/
Etymology From farm + yard.
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Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle The area of a farm, excluding the fields, usually surrounded by or adjacent to farm buildings.
- "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.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- The farmyard was dark and he tiptoed across it so that the turkeys wouldn't set up their gobbling and flapping.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 24: