lichyard
English
Noun
lichyard (plural lichyards)
- (literary) A graveyard.
- 1893, Anne Reeve Aldrich, "A Ballad of Slumber", in Nadine and Other Poems, page 20:
- The last sleep that my love slept
- Shall last till Judgment Day,
- In corner of the lichyard close,
- 'Neath drooping boughs of May.
- 1996, George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones, Bantam Specta, US (1996), →ISBN, Voyager Books, UK (1996), →ISBN Chapter 53, "Bran", unumbered page:
- Beneath the shadow of the First Keep was an ancient lichyard, its headstones spotted with pale lichen, where the old Kings of Winter had laid their faithful servants.
- 1999, George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam Spectra (2000), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- Mikken lay buried in the lichyard, and the new smith was capable of little more than nails and horseshoes.
- 2008, Jay Lake, Escapement, Tor Books (2009), →ISBN, page 157:
- Stands of trees teeming with barking animals would be quiet as lichyards when he passed them again.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:lichyard.
- 1893, Anne Reeve Aldrich, "A Ballad of Slumber", in Nadine and Other Poems, page 20:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:cemetery.
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