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Yard (land)
A yard is an area of land immediately adjacent to a building or a group of buildings. It may be either enclosed or open.〔("Yard" ), Random House Dictionary〕 The word comes from the same linguistic root as the word ''garden'' and has many of the same meanings.
A number of derived words exist, usually tied to a particular usage or building type. Some may be archaic or in lesser use now. Examples of such words are: courtyard, barnyard, hopyard, graveyard, churchyard, brickyard, prison yard, railyard, junkyard and stableyard.
==Word origin==
The word "yard" came from the Anglo-Saxon ''geard'', compare "garden" (German ''Garten''), Old Norse ''garðr'', Russian ''gorod'' = "town" (originally as an "''enclosed'' fortified area"), Latin ''hortus'' = "garden" (hence horticulture and orchard), from Greek χορτος (hortos) = "farm-yard", "feeding-place", "fodder", (from which "hay" originally as grown in an enclosed field). "Girdle," and "court" are other related words from the same root.
In areas where farming is an important part of life, a yard is also a piece of enclosed land for farm animals or other agricultural purpose, often referred to as a cattleyard, sheepyard, stockyard, etc. In Australia portable or mobile yards are sets of transportable steel panels used to build temporary stockyards.〔Livestock Handling Made Easy, Arrow Farmquip, 2008.〕
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