tanyard

[ tan-yahrd ]

noun

1. an area of a tannery set aside for the operation of tanning tanning tan vats.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tanyard¹

tan ¹ + yard ²

Example Sentences

And a family, Zak, as wears out more boots than a tanyard a week could make good to 'em.

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One had to step carefully, and, though it did not smell of a tanyard, it did of several other things.

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Promise me that thou wilt not take any strong drink for a year, and I will employ thee myself in the tanyard at good wages.

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Hare filled the coffin with bark from the tanyard, and put a sheet over the bark, and it was buried in the West Churchyard.

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It was unbolted, as I had anticipated, and we were soon in the quiet and obscurity of the tanyard.

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