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stableyard

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English

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Etymology

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From stable +‎ yard.

Noun

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stableyard (plural stableyards)

  1. A yard connecting horses' stables.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:
      Mobile starting-gates and horse-boxes stand parked along the kerbs, and behind every large house, it seems, is a red brick stableyard, gleaming with fresh black-and-white paint and polished steel.