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steelyard(1) (iou)



steelyard noun1. ['sti:ljš»:d] L15.
[from STEEL noun1 + YARD noun1, mistranslating Middle High German stalhof, from stal sample, pattern + hof courtyard.]
Hist. The place on the north bank of the River Thames above London Bridge where the Merchants of the Hanse had their establishment; transf. the merchants collectively. Also, a similar establishment in a provincial town; a tavern within the precincts of the London steelyard where Rhenish wine was sold.