marble orchard

English

Etymology

From analogy with an orchard, because the marble or other stone grave markers are arranged in rows like planted trees.

Noun

marble orchard (plural marble orchards)

1. (slang) A cemetery.
   • 1927, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Lost Ecstasy: A Novel^[1], page 258:

     "It's so peaceful." ¶ "So's a marble orchard." ¶ "A marble orchard?" ¶ "A cemetery."

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:cemetery.