Kailyard
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kailyard is a noun meaning (Scotland) A kitchen garden.
Meaning
(Scotland) A kitchen garden.
More Meanings
- A late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century school of writing, set in small Scottish towns, a notable example being J. M Barrie's A Small Minister
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- kailyards
- kailyaird
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include storeyard, jailyard, potager, coalyard, sailyard, stableyard.
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