From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishboatyardboat‧yard /ˈbəʊtjɑːd $ ˈboʊtjɑːrd/ noun [countable]an area where boats are built and repairedExamples from the Corpusboatyard• It was almost twilight when they tied up at the AngleInletboatyard.• Pascoe had heard her scream and was coming across the boatyard, crashing and falling.• Kate had decided to skip the afternoon's classes and arranged to meet him at the boatyard near the Tech.• I suspected that as soon as he left the boatyard the chart would be similarly destroyed.• The boatyard was to be my inheritance.