tanyard
[ tan-yahrd ]
noun
an area of a tannery set aside for the operation of tanning vats.
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How to use tanyard in a sentence
And a family, Zak, as wears out more boots than a tanyard a week could make good to 'em.
Cripps, the Carrier | R. D. (Richard Doddridge) BlackmoreOne had to step carefully, and, though it did not smell of a tanyard, it did of several other things.
The Ship Dwellers | Albert Bigelow PainePromise me that thou wilt not take any strong drink for a year, and I will employ thee myself in the tanyard at good wages.
A Book of Quaker Saints | Lucy Violet HodgkinHare filled the coffin with bark from the tanyard, and put a sheet over the bark, and it was buried in the West Churchyard.
The History of Burke and Hare | George Mac GregorIt was unbolted, as I had anticipated, and we were soon in the quiet and obscurity of the tanyard.
The Yeoman Adventurer | George W. Gough
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