Yard : (noun)
1: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44
centimeters; originally taken to be the average length
of a stride [syn: pace]
2: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was
a small house with almost no yard" [syn: grounds, curtilage]
3: 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"
4: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for
storage and maintenance of cars and engines [syn: railway
yard]
5: an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
6: a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) [syn: cubic yard]
7: a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to
support and spread a square sail or lateen
8: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G,
grand, thou]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Yard : \Yard\, n. [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, n., Gird, n., Gride, v. i., Hastate.]
1. A rod; a stick; a staff. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
If men smote it with a yerde. --Chaucer.
2. A branch; a twig. [Obs.]
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. [Obs.]
4. A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six
inches, being the standard of English and American
measure.
5. The penis.
6. (Naut.) 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. See Illust. of Ship.
Golden Yard, or Yard and Ell (Astron.), a popular name of
the three stars in the belt of Orion.
Under yard [i. e., under the rod], under contract. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Yard : \Yard\, v. t.
To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a
yard; as, to yard cows.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Yard : \Yard\, n. [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. gar[eth]r
yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house,
garda sheepfold, L. hortus garden, Gr. cho`rtos an inclosure.
Cf. Court, Garden, Garth, Horticulture, Orchard.]
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.
Yard_grass_(Bot.),_a_low-growing_grass_({Eleusine_Indica">Yard grass (Bot.), a low-growing grass ({Eleusine Indica)
having digitate spikes. It is common in dooryards, and
like places, especially in the Southern United States.
Called also crab grass.
Yard of land. See Yardland.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Yard : \Yard\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for
pasture, protection, etc.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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YARD. A measure of length, containing three feet, or thirty-six inches.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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YARD, estates. A piece of land enclosed for the use and accommodation of the
inhabitants of a house. In England it is nearly synonymous with backside.
(q.v.) 1 Chitty, Pr. 176; 1 T. R. 701.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Yard : Yard: In length, 3 feet or 36 inches or, metrically, 86.44 centimeters. The yard, along with the foot and inch, are English creations to which the USA has stubbornly clung. The yard was
originally a unit of measurement of land and was about 5 meters (now termed a rod). In the 14th century, the yard emerged as 3 feet, about the length of a riding stick or sword.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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