A US regional term for a chicken run — the enclosed outdoor space where backyard chickens scratch around, peck at the ground, and generally do chicken things.
A US regional term for a chicken run — the enclosed outdoor space where backyard chickens scratch around, peck at the ground, and generally do chicken things. Simple, descriptive, and completely self-evident in meaning. While most people say 'chicken coop' or 'chicken run,' 'chickenyard' treats the space more like a yard — suggesting a larger, freer area where birds can roam. Common in rural American speech, especially in the South.
The kids weren't allowed to leave the gate open because the hens would escape out of the chickenyard.
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(AU, NZ) A chicken run.
An enclosed area, attached to a chicken coop, in which poultry are allowed to run around and peck.
Australian colloquial term for a henhouse — the structure where chickens are kept. Chook is the standard Australian informal word for a chicken, so chookhouse follows naturally as the compound for where they live. Common on Australian farms and rural properties.
(slang, historical) The act of "gapping it", i.e. emigrating from Rhodesia as a white inhabitant during the country's transition to independence.
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(US) A chicken run.
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