tanyard

American  

[tan-yahrd] / ˈtænˌyɑrd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of tanyard

tan ¹ + yard ²

Example Sentences

Tall houses, grim in their squalid ugliness, shut it in, and the hot air that scarcely stirred between them was heavy with the sour odours from a neighbouring tanyard.

From Delilah of the Snows by Bindloss, Harold

He had had it in for Marshal Crow ever since that official compelled him to hang an American flag in front of his tanyard.

From Anderson Crow, Detective by McCutcheon, George Barr

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

From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow

A bed; and bedclothes; and a look'n'-glass; and a piece of carpet on the floor—and your own father got to sleep with the hogs in the tanyard.

From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark

He is exactly the same as he was when he filled office of Financial Secretary; doubtless the same as when he looked after his tanyard in Yorkshire.

From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 26, 1892 by Various