Definitions
an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
Word origin
From Middle English yerd, yard, ȝerd, ȝeard, from Old English ġeard (“yard, garden, fence, enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”).
Used in a sentence
“'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.”
“A little further on, to the right, was a large garage, where the charabancs stood, half in and half out of the yard.”
“Pilton Yard, the Lynton & Barnstaple headquarters, has been taken over by a fur trading firm, and would-be trespassers to the old engine-shed are turned back by the pungent odour of heaps of carcases.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer11 curated clues
01“Ground beside a house”4 letters
02“Home's outdoor grass area”4 letters
03“Household lawn”4 letters
04“Lawn area”4 letters
05“Lawn behind a house”4 letters
06“Lawn beside a home”4 letters
07“Lawn near a home”4 letters
08“Lawn stretch”4 letters
09“Outdoor house area”4 letters
10“Three-foot measure”4 letters
11“Three-foot measure or lawn”4 letters
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