rickyard en · NOUN
Etymology
From rick + yard.
Meanings
-
A farmyard where hayricks are stored.
... at last we got into a real country road again, with windmills, rick-yards, milestones, farmers' waggons, scents of old hay, swinging signs, and horse troughs: trees, fields, and hedge-rows.
1853, Charles Dickens, chapter 6, in Bleak House:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rickyards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |