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"farmyard" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often barton (6 letters).
Definitions
The open area around farm buildings.
Word origin
From farm + yard.
Used in a sentence
“The farmyard was dark and he tiptoed across it so that the turkeys wouldn't set up their gobbling and flapping.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Barn area”8 letters
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