boneyard
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
boneyard (plural boneyards)
- (informal) A graveyard.
- (dominoes) In the game of dominoes, the pile of upside-down pieces that have yet to be used.
- (aviation, automotive, slang) A dumpsite for obsolete or unusable aircraft etc; a junkyard.
- B-52s in a boneyard
- a 440 V-8 from the boneyard
- 1951 April, R. S. McNaught, “Railway Enthusiasts”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 269:
- Or what is conveyed to those unversed in railway matters by reports following a shed visit that "the frame of Claud Hamilton lay in the boneyard and had many endearing messages of farewell chalked on it"?
- 1999, Naval Aviation News, volumes 82-83, page 37:
- The “Boneyard” is a place of antiques and historic symbolism, a burial ground for aircraft.
- 2017, William A. Flanagan, Aviation Records in the Jet Age:
- Beginning in December 1969, the entire fleet was retired to the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona.
Synonyms edit
- (graveyard): see also Thesaurus:cemetery.
- (dumpsite for aircraft): aircraft graveyard