olive-yard
(ˈɒlɪvˌjɑːd)
An inclosure or piece of ground in which olive-trees are cultivated.
| 1382 Wyclif Exod. xxiii. 11 So thow shalt doon in thi vyne ȝeerd, and in thin oliue ȝeerd. 1611 Bible Josh. xxiv. 13 Of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. 1703 Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1721) 64 We pass'd thro' large Olive-yards. 1760–72 tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (ed. 3) II. 241. 1880 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant xxxvii. 523 He had come into the cool pastures and olive yards. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 87/1 Many olive-yards now exist in Upper Egypt. |