Results for yard
Definitions of yard:
part of speech: noun
An E. measure of 8 feet or 36 inches: a long beam on a mast for spreading square sails.
part of speech: noun
A staff; a rod; a measure of 3 feet, or 36 inches; in a ship, a long piece of timber, having a rounded taper towards each end, and slung by its centre to a mast.
part of speech: noun
A measure of length equal to three feet, thirty- six inches, or 0. 9144 meter: a long piece of timber attached to the mast of a vessel to support a sail; an inclosed space before or about a house, barn, etc.; an inclosure where a special industry is carried on; as, a lumber yard. etc.
part of speech: noun
An enclosure in which any work is carried on; a small enclosed space adjoining a house or building; in Scot., a small enclosed garden.
part of speech: verb
To put or confine cattle in a yard.