yardroom

English

Etymology

From yard +‎ room.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑːdˌɹʊm/, /-ɹuːm/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑɹdˌɹum/

Noun

yardroom (uncountable)

Room (space) in a yard (such as a barnyard or rail yard); room (for movement, exercise, storage, etc.) supplied by a yard.
Hypernyms: room, space, volume

Coordinate terms: barnroom; breathing room, elbow room, footroom, headroom, legroom
- 1844, Jesse Buel, The Farmers' Instructor. Consisting of Essays, Practical Directions, and Hints for the Management of the Farm and the Garden. Originally Published in the Cultivator; Selected and Revised for the School District Library‎^[1], volume 2, Harper and Brothers, page 90:
  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.
- 1902, “Chapter 1: Advantages in Back-Yard Poultry Keeping and How to Start. Back-Yard Poultry Keepers Produce Eggs at a Cost of Half or Less Than Half the Average Retail Price and There Is Room for a Small Flock on Practically Any Town Lot — Any Earnest Person Can Keep Fowls Successfully and the Start Can Be Made at Small Expense”, in Homer W. Jackson, editor, Successful Back-Yard Poultry Keeping: An Authoritative Guide to Success in Poultry Keeping by Intensive Methods — Practical Details of Management for Those Who Are Keeping Fowls in Limited Space, Whether to Supply Eggs and Poultry for the Family Table or As a Source of Income‎^[2], Quincy, Illinois, U.S.A.: Reliable Poultry Journal Publishing Company, page 9:
  A comparatively small house will meet the requirements of a flock large enough to supply the family table and it is not really necessary to provide any yardroom whatever. Most poultry keepers prefer to have at least a small outdoor yard for the birds when possible, particularly if they are to be kept the year round, because fowls with yards generally will give better results than those that are kept constantly confined; also because of the simpler methods and lower labor costs where fowls have a reasonable amount of yardroom. Nevertheless, there are thousands of flocks kept indoors throughout the entire year, and with good success (see Chapter X).
- 1905, “Houts v. St. Louis Transit Co.”, in The Southwestern Reporter‎^[3], volume 84, page 161:
  Under normal conditions, from 1,000 to 1,500 cars of freight could be hauled from the Madison yards to St. Louis in 24 hours. But at that time, by reason of the prevalence of floods for weeks over large areas of the Western states, the appellant had been unable to move cars out of its St. Louis yards, and those yards were so congested that no more freight could be received into them. At midnight on Saturday the use of the Merchants' Bridge was forbidden, as being unsafe. The respondents sought to prove the appellant company could have borrowed yardroom from other railroad companies in St. Louis for the storage of cars, or could have borrowed side tracks and switches along the St. Louis streets on which to stand cars of freight during the emergency. If we grant that such precautions should have been taken, the answer is that all the testimony was that no trackage or yardroom could have been borrowed, as all other railway yards and tracks in St. Louis were as badly congested as the appellant's.

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