yard vs tiltyard

tiltyard vs yard

yard and tiltyard both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
yard	Yes	No	No	No
tiltyard	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tiltyard is a hyponym of yard; that is, tiltyard is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than yard:

yard: a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
tiltyard: (formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests

Other hyponyms of yard include junkyard, schoolyard, churchyard, God's acre.

yard (noun)	tiltyard (noun)
an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)	(formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests
a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
the enclosed land around a house or other building
an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
a tract of land where logs are accumulated
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

Difference between yard and tiltyard

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