panyard

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See also: pan-yard

English

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Etymology 1

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From pan +‎ yard.

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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panyard (plural panyards)

  1. (Caribbean) An enclosed area in which a steel band practises.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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panyard (plural panyards)

  1. Obsolete form of pannier.
    • 1661 August 17 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “August 7th, 1661”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys [], volume (please specify |volume=I to X), London: George Bell & Sons []; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893–1899, →OCLC:
      I saw a man riding by that rode a little way upon the road with me last night; and he ,being going with venison in his panyards to London []