barnyard

English

From barn +‎ yard.

barnyard (plural barnyards)

(agriculture) The yard associated with or surrounding a barn.
Synonym: farmyard
- 1967, Peter Farb, The Land, Wildlife, and Peoples of the Bible, page 78:
  It has a coat of stiff hairs rather than the soft fleece of the barnyard animal, and it is much more agile.

barnyard (comparative more barnyard, superlative most barnyard)

(figurative) Vulgar; scatological.
- 1973, Walter C. Allen, Hendersonia: The Music of Fletcher Henderson and His Musicians, page 509:
  Henderson too barnyard for Casa Loma, so they are rejecting further arrangements by him.
- 1999, D. K. Barber, Baldy and the Mohawks, page 12:
  The bad part was that Thor and Chief, with their vivid and clever imaginations, had made up a whole cast of characters, some of them with very barnyard names, and soap-opera lives.
- 2011 August 8, Rick Smith, “Cedar Rapids, Marion take aim at 'snout' houses”, in The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa:
  They’ve come to be called "snout" houses, a label that sounds more barnyard than city street and, in any event, certainly doesn’t sound pretty.
(figurative) Of food or drink, having an earthy flavor.
- 2013 February 13, Linda Hervieux, “Brooklynite Hits France, With Plans to Seduce”, in New York Times:
  Mr. Oliver, the brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery, has a quirky way of describing his creations. He refers to the more complex ones as “a little bit barnyard,” “having a funky nose” or “like a good sourdough bread.”
- 2016 July 20, “How To Add a Cheese Board to Your Summer Menu”, in Modern Restaurant Management:
  Cheeses made from goat’s milk tend to have a more barnyard and tangy taste than cow’s milk.