boneyard

[bohn-yahrd]

noun

1. Slang.,  a cemetery.

2. Slang.,  an area where old or discarded cars, ships, planes, etc., are collected prior to being broken up for scrap or otherwise disposed of.

3. Also called stock. Dominoes.,  the bank, consisting of the remaining dominoes after each person has made an initial draw.

4. a place or area where the bones of wild animals accumulate or are collected.

boneyard

/ ˈbəʊnˌjɑːd /

noun

1. an informal name for a cemetery

Word History and Origins

Origin of boneyard¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; bone + yard ²

Example Sentences

The estate's grounds were used by Boneyard Kennels, to house and train fighting dogs.

From BBC

The BBC identified the man behind Boneyard Kennels as David Patterson, a mixed-martial arts coach from County Antrim.

From BBC

We traced about 40 fighting pit bulls to Boneyard Kennels – matching several of the dogs' pre-fight training videos to a walled garden deep inside the Shane's Castle estate.

From BBC

The name Spongebob was listed as a referee in several dog fighting match reports, and as a handler of Boneyard Kennels' dogs.

From BBC

He seemingly walked back any retirement talk a month later and reassured listeners on SiriusXM‘s “Ozzy’s Boneyard” that he is “not dying.”

From Los Angeles Times