innyard

See also:inn yardandinn-yard

English

Alternative forms

• inn yard,(archaic)inn-yard

Etymology

Frominn+‎yard.

Noun

innyard(pluralinnyards)

1. Theyardof aninn.
   • 1791,Ann Ward Radcliffe,The Romance of the Forest,Dublin: P. Woganet al.,Volume 2, Chapter 11, p. 8,^[1]

     [He] had scarcely left the room, when Adeline observed a party of horsemen enter theinn-yard,and she had no doubt these were the persons from whom they fled.

   • 1839,Charles Lever,chapter 26, inThe Confessions of Harry Lorrequer‎^[2],Dublin: W. Curry, page199:

     I immediately opened the door and stepped out into theinn-yard,crowded with conducteurs, grooms, andostlers,who, I thought, looked rather surprised at seeing me emerge from thediligence.

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     1897,Bram Stoker,chapter 1, inDracula,New York, N.Y.:Modern Library,→OCLC:

     I shall never forget the last glimpse which I had of theinn-yardand its crowd of picturesque figures, all crossing themselves, as they stood round the wide archway, with its background of rich foliage of oleander and orange trees in green tubs clustered in the centre of the yard.

   • 1943,Graham Greene,chapter 7, inThe Ministry of Fear,Vintage, published2004:

     His heart beat at the sight of her, as though he were a young man and this his first assignation outside a cinema, in a Lyons Corner House... or in aninn yardin a country town where dances were held.