Meaning of courtyardful | Babel Free

Definitions

Enough to fill a courtyard.

no-plural

Examples

“It is a bad plan⟳ to have⟳ the court overstocked with breeders, for the simple reason⟳ that they may not always receive⟳ the proper amount of attention that a moderate stock⟳ would; and if rabbits are neglected it is of no use⟳ trying to keep⟳ them, as they are then liable at any time to be attacked with the infectious diseases these animals are subject to; and if this were to occur⟳, a whole courtyardful might soon be carried off without the slightest chance of stopping the disease.”

“Besides the chapel there are study⟳ rooms for the students and each Saturday evening a program⟳ of gramaphone record⟳ music draws a courtyardful of eager listeners.”

“‘Critic’ of the New Statesman has very justly pointed out that, contrary to popular interpretation, there is excellent support⟳ for the advocate of non-violence in the story of a man who picks up a bundle of small cords and with this ferocious weapon drives a great temple courtyardful of tradesmen, herdsmen, and money-changers out into the street.”

““Half an acre of blossoming wu-t‘ung trees quietly locks up (so) a courtyardful of sad rain⟳””

“As maids pranced primly, swiftly out / And crammed the doorjambs, stared in doubt⟳ / At this new neighbor’s striking stances, / A courtyardful of local folks / Assessed their steeds with snorts and pokes.”

“A courtyardful of bitter rain⟳ has sent autumn home; only the poetic impulse has no place⟳ to land⟳, disappearing into white clouds and red trees.”

“Through the projects he [Monty Don] and his team worked on at Berryfields, the Gardeners’ World gardening playground, you can learn⟳ how to create⟳ and maintain⟳ a spring⟳ woodland patch, a drought border⟳, a vegetable plot and a courtyardful of containers, among other delights.”

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