vineyard
nounUS /ˈvɪn.jɚd/ · UK /ˈvɪn.jəd/
Etymology Equivalent to vine + yard; from Middle English vyneȝerd (circa 1300), following earlier Old English wīnġeard (“wine yard, vine yard”), with vine (from Old French vigne (“vine, vineyard”), from Latin vīnea) replacing native Old English wīn (“wine, vine”). The earlier wīnġeard may have had the sense of “vine” already, with /w/ → /v/ facilitated by common v-/w- interchange. Compare Dutch wijngaard (literally “wine garden”) and German Weingarten alongside contracted Wingert. (Dutch gaard, German Garten are cognate to English yard.)
1
A grape plantation, especially one used in the production of wine.
- The vineyard of Château Margaux stands as the producer of one of the world's greatest and most sought-after red wines.
- A vineyard is flooded in Walnut Grove on January 4.2023 January 16, “California’s flooding, in pictures”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2023:
- Derived terms
- envineyard, Martha's Vineyard, New Vineyard, vineyarded, Vineyard Haven, vineyarding, vineyardist, vineyard leek, vineyard seating, vineyard snail, vineyard sprayer's lung
- Related terms
- viticulture, winery