green-yard, greenyard
(ˈgriːnjɑːd)
An enclosure covered with grass or turf (not paved). In various specific applications.
† 1. At Norwich (see quot. 1870). Obs.
| 1578 Joyf. Receiving Q. Eliz. Norwich C iij b, M. Churchyard brought Mercurie.. into the greene yard vnder the..bedchamber window, out of the which, the Queenes Maiestie looked. 1644 Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 101 Preacht..in the Green-Yard of Norwich. a 1656 Ibid. 63 The Leaden Crosse, which had been newly sawne downe from over the Green-Yard Pulpit. 1870 Murray's Handbk. Essex, etc. 206 The Green Yard of the monastery [Norwich], in which was a cross, where sermons were occasionally preached. |
2. An enclosure for the reception of stray animals and vehicles; a pound.
| 1720 Lond. Gaz. No. 5866/2 Two Stables in the Green⁓Yard without Aldermanbury-Postern. 1824 Bell's Life in Spirit Publ. Jrnls. (1825) 135 If you don't take charge of the coach, I'll take it to the green-yard, and yourself to the watch-house. 1852 Househ. Words 23 Oct. 136 Phaetons that should properly have been sequestrated in the Greenyard of oblivion..long since. 1862 Times 16 Aug. 11/3 The greenyard belonged to the defendant's ancestors and was not a parochial greenyard or pound. 1889 Vincent Police Code (ed. 6) 90 In nearly every parish there is a greenyard or pound, where animals found straying or in the possession of prisoners, may be kept at certain charges. 1893 Daily News 12 Dec. 5/3 ‘Green yard’..is the metropolitan equivalent for the village ‘pound’. |
3. A grass yard for hounds to take exercise in.
| 1828 Sporting Mag. XXIII. 23 Great care should be taken in keeping the green-yard in order. 1841 Tattersall Sport. Archit. 84 The large green yard..should adjoin the apartments for the young hounds. |