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| yard | 1. A rod; a stick; a staff. "If men smote it with a yerde." (Chaucer) 2. A branch; a twig. "The bitter frosts with the sleet and rain Destroyed hath the green in every yerd." (Chaucer) 3. A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc. 4. A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure. 5. The penis. 6. A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. <astronomy> Golden Yard, or Yard and Ell, a popular name of the three stars in the belt of Orion. Under yard [i. E, under the rod], under contract. Origin: OE. Yerd, AS. Gierd, gyrd, a rod, stick, a measure, a yard; akin to OFries. Ierde, OS. Gerda, D. Garde, G. Gerte, OHG. Gartia, gerta, gart, Icel. Gaddr a goad, sting, Goth. Gazds, and probably to L. Hasta a spear. Cf. Gad, Gird, Gride, Hastate. 1. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard. "A yard . . . Inclosed all about with sticks In which she had a cock, hight chanticleer." (Chaucer) 2. An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard. Liberty of the yard, a liberty, granted to persons imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any other limits prescribed by law, on their giving bond not to go beyond those limits. Prison yard, an inclosure about a prison, or attached to it. <botany> Yard grass, a low-growing grass (Eleusine Indica) having digitate spikes. It is common in dooryards, and like places, especially in the Southern United States. Synonym: crab grass. Yard of land. See Yardland. Origin: OE. Yard, yerd, AS. Geard; akin to OFries. Garda garden, OS. Gardo garden, gard yard, D. Gaard garden, G. Garten, OHG. Garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. Garthr yard, house, Sw. Gard, Dan. Gaard, Goth. Gards a house, garda sheepfold, L. Hortus garden, Gr. Chortos an inclosure. Cf. Court, Garden, Garth, Horticulture, Orchard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| yarder | A machine used in yarding timber. (05 Dec 1998) |
| yarding | The initial movement of logs from the point of felling to a central loading area or landing. (05 Dec 1998) |
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a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard" a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town" an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock) cubic yard: a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen thousand: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 a tract of land where logs are accumulated
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lowland area with dense coniferous cover in areas.
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3 linear ft. or 0.9144 m; a square yard is 9 sq. ft. or 0.8361 sq. m.
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A marshalling, stabling, works or transhipment area served by a complex of sidings. If possible, use a more precise term from the <complexes> heading. Warrant: Railway Terminology Working Group Plural form: yards
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A part of the surface used for mine tracks or storage of material.
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| yard | an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock) |
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| yard | a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen |
| yard | the enclosed land around a house or other building |
| yard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
| yard | a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings) |
| yard | a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) |
| yard | a unit of length equal to 3 feet |
| yard | the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 |
| yard | merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard |
| yard | coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers |
| yard | (football) a marker indicating the yardline |
| yard | a ruler or tape that is three feet long |
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