tanyard

[ tan-yahrd ]

noun

1. an area of a tannery set aside for the operation of tanning tanning tan vats.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tanyard¹

tan ¹ + yard ²

Example Sentences

In Tanyard, a historically Black neighborhood where the city’s segregated beach was once located, developers are quickly buying up one-story shotgun-style houses and replacing them with three-story homes in vibrant Caribbean hues.

From Washington Post

The train was so long that before all of it passed us we were beyond the stores, the Confederate monument, the livery stable, the tanyard, the cotton gin, and Sleep’s Ice and Coal, and nearly to Mill Town.

From Literature

The man’s body was recovered Saturday evening, authorities have said the man dove into the Tanyard Creek portion of the lake.

From Washington Times

Michael Grant's tanyard destroyed by the canal.

From Project Gutenberg

Michael Grant, a long time ago—that is to say, full twenty years—had a tanyard on Rumblebottom Creek, occupying the very ground which is now covered by the canal basin.

From Project Gutenberg