Definition of "olive-yard" [olive-yard]

• An inclosure or piece of ground in which olives are cultivated. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "So, also, he supposes an olive-yard let out upon such kind of conditions."
• "The girl was not there; but by the gate into the olive-yard, where there was a lean-to shed for tools, they found her sitting on a cask, whittling a piece of wood and talking to a curly-headed little contadino."
• "It is said that in the division of some property which fell to the family after he became emperor, his share was an olive-yard in the environs of Ajaccio."