Yardroom
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Room (space) in a yard (such as a barnyard or rail yard): room (for movement, exercise, storage, etc.) supplied by a yard. dated, uncommon, uncountable
"There should be appended to the hoghouse an open yard for straw, litter, weeds, &c., which the hogs, during summer, will work into manure, and into which the dung is thrown from the pen. Hogs are subject to various diseases, particularly if shut up in a close pen during the time of fattening, which are often suddenly fatal. Prevention is here easier than cure; and many farmers prefer giving their hogs yardroom where they can root in the earth, which is deemed a preventive."
Example
More examples"There should be appended to the hoghouse an open yard for straw, litter, weeds, &c., which the hogs, during summer, will work into manure, and into which the dung is thrown from the pen. Hogs are subject to various diseases, particularly if shut up in a close pen during the time of fattening, which are often suddenly fatal. Prevention is here easier than cure; and many farmers prefer giving their hogs yardroom where they can root in the earth, which is deemed a preventive."
Etymology
From yard + room.
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