different between kailyard vs railyard

kailyard

English

Alternative forms

  • kailyaird
  • kaleyard

Etymology

kail +? yard

Noun

kailyard (plural kailyards)

  1. (Scotland) A kitchen garden.
    • 1860–62, J.F. Campbell, "The Widow and Her Daughters", Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Vol. II:
      There was formerly a poor widow, and she had three daughters, and all she had to feed them was a kailyard. There was a great gray horse who was coming every day to the yard to eat the kail.

Derived terms

  • kailyarder
  • kailyardism
  • Kailyard school

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railyard

English

Etymology

rail +? yard

Noun

railyard (plural railyards)

  1. A group of connected railroad tracks used for storing and sorting railroad equipment.

railyard From the web:

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