"foreyard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foreyards [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English forȝerd, equivalent to fore- + yard (“enclosure”). Compare German Vorgarten. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forȝerd}} Middle English forȝerd, {{prefix|en|fore|yard|t2=enclosure}} fore- + yard (“enclosure”), {{cog|de|Vorgarten}} German Vorgarten Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreyard (plural foreyards)
  1. A yard in front; front yard
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: foreyards [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Proto-West Germanic *gard Old English ġeard Middle English yerd English yard English foreyard From fore- + yard (“stick; beam”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fore-|yard<t:stick; beam>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Proto-West Germanic *gard Old English ġeard Middle English yerd English yard English foreyard [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*gardaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*gard", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "ġeard", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "yerd", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "yard", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "foreyard", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="foreyard"> From fore- + yard (“stick; beam”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreyard (plural foreyards)
  1. (nautical) A yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail. Synonyms: headyard Translations (a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail): trinchetto [masculine] (Italian), vèrgue d'mîsaine [feminine] (Norman)
    Sense id: en-foreyard-en-noun-KPZac44T Categories (other): Nautical, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norman translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 15 85 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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