kaleyard

or kail·yard

[ keyl-yahrd ]

noun

, Scot.

1. a kitchen garden.

kaleyard

/ -ˌjard; ˈkeɪlˌjɑːd /

noun

1. a vegetable garden

Word History and Origins

Origin of kaleyard¹

First recorded in 1715–25; kale + yard ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of kaleyard¹

C19: literally: cabbage garden

Example Sentences

Across the wider Indian subcontinent, the opportunity to drill down into specific authentic flavours is endless, says Sumayya Usmani, Pakistani food expert and the owner of Glasgow’s Kaleyard Cook School and Kitchen.

From The Guardian

“I freeze whole spices to keep them fresh: tamarind paste, curry leaves, blitzed ginger, garlic and whole fresh turmeric, which I grate when needed,” says Sumayya Usmani, a Pakistani food expert and owner of Glasgow’s Kaleyard Cook School.

From The Guardian

Further they required a stream of water near them for fish and other purposes, and a kaleyard or level patch of ground for the growth of vegetables, as well as a forest—using the word in the Roman sense, to mean stretches of woodland divided by open spaces—to supply them with logs and with deer for venison, for there was no doubt that, as time went on, the monks, to use a modern phrase, "did themselves well."

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