swineyard

English

Etymology

swine +‎ yard

Noun

swineyard (plural swineyards)

1. A yard for keeping pigs.

   Synonym: pigyard

   • 1865, Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court […] :

     He refers to the old authorities holding that swineyards in cities are nuisances. But they show that swine become nuisances by being shut up, instead of running at large.