tanyard

American  

[tan-yahrd] / ˈtænˌyɑrd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of tanyard

tan ¹ + yard ²

Example Sentences

Michael's dwelling house and tanyard, Abel Brawn's blacksmith-shop, Christy M'Curdy's mill, and my school-house, made up the sum-total of the settlement.

From Quodlibet by Kennedy, John Pendleton

I heard this mornin' that Henry Wimpelmeyer is to put in a cider-press at his tanyard, an' old man Smock's turnin' his grist mill into an apple-mill.

From Anderson Crow, Detective by McCutcheon, George Barr

The two men picked their way down the sanded steps again, then passing under a high creeper-covered gateway they followed a narrow, flagged path to the tanyard.

From A Book of Quaker Saints by Hodgkin, L. V. (Lucy Violet)

In the 'Knights' the air fairly reeks with the smell of leather and the tanyard.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

There was a tanyard covering more than a quarter of an acre where he tanned the hides of animals to use in making shoes.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration