lichyard

English

Etymology

lich (“corpse”) +‎ yard

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, published 2000, →ISBN:
  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, published 2009, →ISBN, page 157:
  Stands of trees teeming with barking animals would be quiet as lichyards when he passed them again.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:lichyard.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:cemetery.

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