noun
adjective
- of, relating to, or typical of a barnyard: barnyard noises; simple paintings of barnyard life.
- indecent; smutty; vulgar: His barnyard humor made us all blush.
noun
- a yard adjoining a barn, in which farm animals are kept
- (modifier) belonging to or characteristic of a barnyard
- (modifier) crude or earthybarnyard humour
1510s, from barn + yard (n.1). Figurative of coarse or uncivilized behavior from 1920.