Definition of Showyard

1. a yard for cattle shows [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Showyard

showstopping
showtime
showtimes
showup
showups
showwoman
showwomen
showy
showy daisy
showy goldenrod
showy lady's-slipper
showy lady slipper
showy milkweed
showy orchis
showy sunflower
showyard (current term)
showyards
showyness
shoyu
shoyus
shozoku
shpadoinkle
shpilkes
shraddha
shraddhas
shrag
shragger
shrammed
shrank

Literary usage of Showyard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society by Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society (1908)
"The Society's seventh Annual Exhibition of Forestry, which was this year held in the Highland and Agricultural Society's showyard at Prestonfield, ..."

2. The Story of the Herefords: An Account of the Origin and Development of the by Alvin Howard Sanders (1914)
"They were followed by many British showyard stars of the first magnitude; but within a comparatively short space of time American breeders were producing by ..."

3. British Farmer's Magazine (1872)
"Can the showyard expenses be diminished p 8. Whether, and if so, ... Th»t as the Council, by obtaining tenders for the erection of the showyard works, ..."

4. British Farmer's Magazine (1869)
"The Duke of Richmond (chairman) reported that the committee recommend the painting of the temporary offices at the showyard entrance, at a cost not ..."

5. British Farmer's Magazine (1865)
"The showyard would, under the circumstances, be in every respect convenient and commodious. The proposed sit« was not more than a quarter of a mile from the ..."

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