Greenyard

Alternative forms

• green-yard, green yard

Origin

From .

Full definition of greenyard

Noun

1. An enclosure covered with turf or grass.
1. (UK) A pound used for the reception of stray animals.
• 2008, Northern Clerkenwell and Pentonville Chapter Rosebery Avenue, Enclosed by a high wall, the site included a greenyard for holding stray cattle, later used as a stoneyard, and there was also a stone-faced brick watch-box.
2. A yard designed for training hounds.
• 1868, Scrutator Knightley Horlock, The Science of Foxhunting and Management of the Kennel, To save a good deal of this pulling and hauling about, the couples may first be put on them in the green-yard, for an hour or two in the morning and afternoon; but they must never be left for a moment out of the feeder’s or huntsman’s sight, ...

Further reading

• OED2|entry=green-yard, greenyard|id=00098479
• MWO