jailyard

English

Alternative forms

• gaolyard (rare)

Etymology

From jail +‎ yard.

Noun

jailyard (plural jailyards)

1. A yard adjoining a prison.
   • 2008 April 23, Gilbert King, “Cruel and Unusual History”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Once the Supreme Court affirmed Utah’s right to eradicate him by rifle, Wilkerson was let into a jailyard where he declined to be blindfolded.