kirkyaird

Scots

Noun

kirkyaird (plural kirkyairds)

1. churchyard
   • 1902 January, John Buchan, “The Outgoing of the Tide”, in The Watcher by the Threshold, and Other Tales (in English), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1902, →OCLC, page 231:

     She moved about the country like a ghost, gathering herbs in dark loanings, lingering in kirkyairds, and casting a blight on innocent bairns.

Alternative forms

• kirkȝard