church-yard

See also: churchyard

English

Noun

church-yard (plural church-yards)

1. Alternative form of churchyard
   • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 110:

     […] we should have carried on the garden wall, and made the plantation to shut out the church-yard, just as Dr. Grant has done.