1. Plural of kailyard; small kitchen gardens or vegetable plots, especially in Scotland.
Usage: Scottish English; Also spelled 'kale yards'
2. In Scottish literature, a genre of fiction depicting rural or small-town Scottish life with sentimental or nostalgic themes.
Usage: Scottish literature; historical

Examples

• The cottage had several kailyards where the family grew cabbages and turnips.
• Scottish farmers maintained their kailyards to supply fresh vegetables year-round.
• The kailyard movement in 19th-century Scottish literature celebrated rural village life.
• Writers of the kailyard school often portrayed idealized versions of small Scottish communities.
• Behind the stone walls lay neat kailyards tended by generations of the same family.