• Chookyard

    Pronunciation

    Origin

    en + chook + yard

    Full definition of chookyard

    Noun

    chookyard

    (plural chookyards)
    1. (AU, NZ) A chicken run.
      • 2002 , Susan Hawthorne , Wild Politics: Feminism, Globalisation, Bio/diversity , The chooks ran free in the paddock behind the chookyard, where the house cow also grazed.
      • 2013 , Yasar Duyal - , Paper Clips , I walked over to the chookyard, where my dad's voice had come from.
      • 2018, , The Outback: Anthology of Short Stories, Oblivious to the scorching heat and rising wind she turned her tear-stained face towards the pigsty and chookyard, setting off at yet another frenzied pace.
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