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YARD, n. 1. A measure of three feet or thirty six inches. It is just seven niths of the Paris ell.2. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of or around a house or barn. The yard in front of a house is called a court, and sometimes a court-yard. In the United States, a small yard is fenced round a barn for confining cattle, and called barn-yard or cow-yard.3. In ships, a long slender piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, suspended upon the mast, by which a sail is extended.Yard of land, in old books, a certain quantity of land, but different in different countries. In some counties it was 15 acres, in others 20 or 24, and even 40.Dock-yard, a place where ships are laid up.Prison yard, primarily an inclosure about a prison, or attached to it. Hence liberty of the yard, is a liberty granted to persons imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any other limits prescribed by the law, on his giving bond not to go beyond those limits.YARD, v.t. To confine cattle to the yard; as, to yard cows. [A farmers word.]
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YARD, n. 1. A measure of three feet or thirty six inches. It is just seven niths of the Paris ell.2. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of or around a house or barn. The yard in front of a house is called a court, and sometimes a court-yard. In the United States, a small yard is fenced round a barn for confining cattle, and called barn-yard or cow-yard.3. In ships, a long slender piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, suspended upon the mast, by which a sail is extended.Yard of land, in old books, a certain quantity of land, but different in different countries. In some counties it was 15 acres, in others 20 or 24, and even 40.Dock-yard, a place where ships are laid up.Prison yard, primarily an inclosure about a prison, or attached to it. Hence liberty of the yard, is a liberty granted to persons imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any other limits prescribed by the law, on his giving bond not to go beyond those limits.YARD, v.t. To confine cattle to the yard; as, to yard cows. [A farmers word.] |
YARD, n. [Sax. geard, gerd, gyrd, a rod, that is, a shoot.]- A measure of three feet or thirty-six inches. It is just seven-ninths of the Paris ell.
- [Sax. gyrdan, to inclose; Dan. gierde, a hedge, an inclosure; gierder, to hedge in, Sw. gärda.] An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of or around a house or barn. The yard in front of a house is called a court, and sometimes a court-yard. In the United States, a small yard is fenced round a barn for confining cattle, and called barn-yard or cow-yard.
- In ships, a long, slender piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, suspended upon the mast, by which a sail is extended.
Yard of land, in old books, a certain quantity of land, but different in different counties. In some counties it was 15 acres, in others 20 or 24, and even 40.
Dock-yard, a place where ships are laid up.
Prison-yard, primarily, an inclosure about a prison, or attached to it. Hence liberty of the yard, is a liberty granted to persons imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any other limits prescribed by law, on his giving bond not to go beyond those limits. – United States.
YARD, v.t.To confine cattle to the yard; as, to yard cows. [A farmer's word.] |
Yard
- A rod; a stick; a staff.
- An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed
place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard;
a cowyard; a barnyard.
- To confine (cattle) to
the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard
cows.
- A
place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture,
protection, etc.
- A branch; a twig.
- An inclosure within which any work or
business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a
shipyard.
- A long piece of timber, as a rafter,
etc.
- A measure of length, equaling three feet,
or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American
measure.
- The penis.
- 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.
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Yard YARD, noun 1. A measure of three feet or thirty six inches. It is just seven niths of the Paris ell. 2. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of or around a house or barn. The yard in front of a house is called a court, and sometimes a court-yard. In the United States, a small yard is fenced round a barn for confining cattle, and called barn-yard or cow-yard. 3. In ships, a long slender piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, suspended upon the mast, by which a sail is extended. YARD of land, in old books, a certain quantity of land, but different in different countries. In some counties it was 15 acres, in others 20 or 24, and even 40. Dock-yard, a place where ships are laid up. Prison yard primarily an inclosure about a prison, or attached to it. Hence liberty of the yard is a liberty granted to persons imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard or within any other limits prescribed by the law, on his giving bond not to go beyond those limits. YARD, verb transitive To confine cattle to the yard; as, to yard cows. [A farmers word.] |
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