woodyard

/ (ˈwʊdˌjɑːd) /


noun
  1. a place where timber is cut and stored

Words Nearby woodyard

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How to use woodyard in a sentence

  • I have seen them gathering it on the fresh sawdust in the woodyard, especially on that of hickory or maple.

    A Year in the Fields | John Burroughs
  • Old Mr. Bergen himself spent much of his time at Hamilton, where he had a woodyard with a couple of rooms attached to it.

    Aaron Trow | Anthony Trollope
  • On leaving the workshop Adam locked the door, took the key out, and carried it to the house on the other side of the woodyard.

    Adam Bede | George Eliot
  • We left the woodyard behind us and hoped it would be destroyed—how we hated the place for the dreary months we had spent there!

    Combed Out | Fritz August Voigt
  • Then we'd tie up by some woodyard and be loading up with wood for the furnaces while the burying was going on.

    Abroad at Home | Julian Street