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Orchard, Orchart, Orchyard, n. Also: orcharde, oarchard, orchar, orchaird, -eard, -erd, orchidiard, horschart, orchrat, orcheart, orch(e)-, ortchȝard(e, -yard(e, -ȝaird, -yaird, -yeard, orchtȝeard, oarchyeard, ort-, ordch(e)ard, (orcharge). [ME. and e.m.E. orchard (Ancren R.), -erd, orchiard (14th c.), orcheȝard, orchyard, ortyerd (14th c.), etc., OE. orceard, orcᵹeard, ordceard, (orig.) ortᵹeard. Cf. also Orchat.] An orchard, an enclosure for the cultivation of fruit-trees.(1) 1424 Acts II. 7/2.
Brekaris of menis orchardis & steyllaris of fruyt … salbe punyst Ib. 6/1. 1437 Reg. Dunferm. 285. 1438 Exch. R. V. 22.
De loco qui dicitur le orchard juxta Lithqu c1460 Wisd. Sol. (S.T.S.) 70.
Makand … orchardis with all froyt treis of diuers kyndis 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 171.
Plantation of treis, … brvme parkis and orchardis of froyt treis 1496 Acta Conc. II. 34. a1500 Seven S. 294. Ib. 735. 1503 Reg. Cupar A. I. 255. 1541 Reg. Privy S. II. 632/2. 1560 Rolland Seven S. 4171. a1585 Maitl. Q. lxviii. 121.
Thy arbour & thy orchard grene 1607 Acts IV. 399/2.
With the abbay places, closteris, ȝairdis, orchardis and all aismentis [etc.] 1612 Inverness Rec. II. 89.
Aganist the … distroyeris of planteing, green wood, orcharges, yaires [etc.] 1629 Boyd Last B. 376. c 1641–54 J. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 611.
A chapel with orchards 1663 Forbes Baron Ct. 243.
Who ar found loping the garding dyckes or orchardes … sall pey fyw pound 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 278. 16.. Abercrummie in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 9.
Orchards … the walls loaden with peaches 1684 Glamis Bk. Record 34.
A piece of my father's planting and oarchard 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 301.(b) 1503 Acts II. 242/2.
Anent … brekaris of dowcatis or orcharis(c) 1560 Rolland Seven S. 1157.
Gif I defoull my fatheris awin orchaird [: rewaird] … I wait not quhat frute thairof sall spring 1610 Wemyss of Bogie MSS.(d) 1579 Acts III. 145/2.
Orcheardis 1585 Perth B. Ct. 26 Nov.
Occupear of the ȝearde & orcheard baith vuer groth & nether grouth c 1592 Paterson Ayr & Wigton III. 223. 1611 Scrymgeour Invent. 40. 1628 E. Loth. Antiq. Soc. II. 128.(e) 1597 Acts IV. 155/2.
The house biggingis girnellis orcherdis [etc.] … of the priorie … of Sanctandrois(f) c1475 Wall. viii. 740.
Gud gardens gay and orchartis gret thai spill 1483 Acta Aud. 130*/2.
For the wrangwis cuttin & distruccion of his orchart and maner place a1500 Seven S. 724. 1503 Acts II. 251/2.
That euerilk lord … haue parkis with deer stankis cunyngaris dowcatis orchartis heggis 1505 Crosraguel Chart. I. 63. 1529 Stirling Ant. IV. 196.
The crag lying betuixt the dyke of the Grayfreris and Busbies horschart 1535 Alloway Baron Ct. 2 Nov.
Peling of the barkis of the apil treis of his orchart 1541 Reg. Privy S. II. 658/2. 1549 Reg. Cupar A. II. 239.
Kepand our orchrat in tyme of fruit … as ane gude trew gardnir aucht to do 1551 Glasgow Prot. I. 36. 1559 Reg. Privy S.V. i. 132/2. 1580 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. I. 123. 1629 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II. 290.
The dorre that gois to the orchart(g) 1506 Prot. Bk. J. Young 369.
With the equale part of the orcheart and erable land 1509 Prot. Bk. J. Foular I. 117. a1586 Maitland Ho. Seytoun 44. 1561 Liber Scon 216.
The orcheart of Cleynye 1568 Liber Coll. Glasg. lxxxii. ?1549 Monro W. Isles (1961) 70.
With twa fair orcheartis at the saidis twa castellis(h) 1500 Dunferm. B. Rec. I. 103.
An tenement and ane orchyarde 1513 Reg. Privy S. I. 382/2.
Orcheȝardis 1570–1 Canongate Ct. Bk. 316.
The said tenement … with the yarde and orcheyarde thairof 1584 E. Loth. Antiq. Soc.V. 69.
His acre of land called Candillis orchtȝeard 1605–19 Paisley B. Rec. 133. 1624 Reg. Great S. 214/1.
Lie orcheyardis et conventis-yards 1658 Hunter Fam. P. 58.
With … yeards orchyeards milnes 1661 Acts VII. 308/1. 1665 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. II. 3.
Certan persons … brake the hedging of the orchyeard 1675 E. Loth. Antiq. Soc. II. 19. a1691 Kingston Contin. Ho. Seytoun 60.
Att the south west round of the orch-yard of Seton 1724 Glasgow B. Rec. IV. 197.
With the garden and orchyeard(1) 1578 Reg. Morton I. 116.
Orcheȝaird 1585 Liber Scon 225.
The crofts underwritten … the Kingis orchyaird [etc.] 1610 Reg. Great S. 106/2. 1641 Peebles B. Rec. I. 107. c 1700 Maxwell Mem. I. 346.
Very few fruit trees in ane orchyaird(j) 1551 Boyd Fam. P. No. 36 (29 July).
With mansioun place and ȝards and ordchards of the samin 1570 Reg. Privy S. VI. 178/1.
Ortcheardis 1577 Ib. VII. 151/2.
Furth of his wod and ortchard of Baquhan 1592 Melville Chart. 134.
Ortcheardis 1600 Ayr Chart. 132.
Ortchyairdis, yairdis, aikeris, croftis [etc.] 1606 Liber Melros 658. 1610 Glasg. Univ. Mun. I. 192. 1664 Rothesay B. Rec. 82.
That quhatsumevir persounis … breks ortchards plantingis [etc.]fig. 1600-1610 Melvill 366.
And be lyk the pleasand plants in the Lord's ortchyeard(2) 1531 Reg. Privy S. II. 117/1.
The gift of the office of gardnary of our soverane lordis orchart and gardin in Striuiling 1541 Ib. II. 615/2, 1542 Ib. 744/2, 1561 Ib.V. i. 234/1; etc.

b. Attrib. and comb.Also Orchard-lit n.(1) As the first element of place-names. (2) In various applications.(1) c 1320 Liber Calchou 200.
Per illum balcum … seorsum in le Orchidiardstrother 1451 Exch. R. V. 457.
De tenandis de le Orchardcroft et Fethilcroft 1470 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 273.
Terras de Portartoun et de Orchardfelde … infra vicecomitatum de Kyncardyn 1522 Haddington Mem. II. 248.
Maister Thomas Hammyltoun of Orchartfeild 1694 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds II. 702 (24 Sept.).
[Sir Robert Maxwell of] Oarchyeardtoune(2) c 1535 Liber Dryburgh 336.
Dryburght wyth the new orchard teindis c 1560 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 437.
Payand … for the orcherd ȝerd [13/4d.] 1687 Hector Renfrewshire Rec. I. 40.
The said William Kibble his orcheard yate and enclosure