Yard (land)
A yard is an area of land immediately adjacent to one or more buildings. It may be either enclosed or open.[1] The word may come from the same linguistic root as the word garden and has many of the same meanings.
Not to be confused with the yardland or yard of land.A number of derived words exist, usually tied to a particular usage or building type. Some may be archaic or in lesser use now. Examples of such words are: courtyard, barnyard, hopyard, graveyard, churchyard, brickyard, prison yard, railyard, junkyard, stableyard, and dooryard.[2]