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chookyard

noun

Etymology

From chook + yard.

  1. derived from *gʰerdʰ-✻ — “to enclose”
  2. inherited from *gʰórdʰos✻
  3. inherited from *gardaz✻ — “enclosure, yard”
  4. inherited from *gard✻
  5. inherited from ġeard — “yard, garden, fence, enclosure”
  6. inherited from yerd
  7. compounded as chookyard — “chook + yard”

Definitions

  1. A chicken run.

    • The chooks ran free in the paddock behind the chookyard, where the house cow also grazed.
    • I walked over to the chookyard, where my dad's voice had come from.
    • Oblivious to the scorching heat and rising wind she turned her tear-stained face towards the pigsty and chookyard, setting off at yet another frenzied pace.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA