stoneyard
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]stoneyard (plural stoneyards)
- A yard where quarried stone is processed.
- 2008, “Rosebery Avenue”, in Philip Temple, editor, Northern Clerkenwell and Pentonville (Survey of London; 47), New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 125:
- Enclosed by a high wall, the site included a greenyard for holding stray cattle, later used as a stoneyard, and there was also a stone-faced brick watch-box.