chookyard

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

chook +‎ yard

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (AU)(file)

Noun[edit]

chookyard (plural chookyards)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A chicken run.
    • 2002, Susan Hawthorne, Wild Politics: Feminism, Globalisation, Bio/diversity, →ISBN, page 177:
      The chooks ran free in the paddock behind the chookyard, where the house cow also grazed.
    • 2013, Yasar Duyal -, Paper Clips, →ISBN, page 141:
      I walked over to the chookyard, where my dad's voice had come from.
    • 2018, The Outback: Anthology of Short Stories, →ISBN:
      Oblivious to the scorching heat and rising wind she turned her tear-stained face towards the pigsty and chookyard, setting off at yet another frenzied pace.
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