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goods yard

American  

noun

British.
  1. a railway freight yard.


Etymology

Origin of goods yard

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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The photograph was taken in late 1976 on a stairway next to Rehearsals Rehearsals, which at the time was part of a rundown railway goods yard.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2018

The men were entraining in the goods yard.

From If Winter Comes by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson

He turned back towards the goods yard of the Great Western Railway, wrenched up the standard of a tall arc light, a formidable mace for him, and flung it over his shoulder.

From The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

But all he saw upon his arrival was an untidy goods yard, littered with military stores, and peopled by British privates in the déshabille affected by the British Army when engaged in menial tasks.

From All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand by Ian Hay

The works of the Wilkes Metallic Flooring Company are in the goods yard of the Midland Railway Company at West Kensington.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 by Various

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