Etymograph

English

rickyard

From rick + yard.

A compound of rick + yard

Old English hrycce ‘rick, heap, pile’

Middle English *rykke

English rick

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- ‘to enclose’

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Proto-Germanic *gardaz ‘enclosure’

Proto-West Germanic *gard ‘enclosure’

Old English ġeard ‘yard’

Middle English yerd ‘the property surrounding an estate or manor’

English yard

Today it means

noun A farmyard where hayricks are stored.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rickyard”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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