Definitions for the word "yard" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. i.
A rod; a stick; a staff.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
A branch; a twig.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. i.
The penis.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 unit of linear measure (3 ft., 0.9144 metre). 2 this length of material. 3 square or cubic yard. 4 spar slung across a mast for a sail to hang from. 5 (in pl.; foll. By of) colloq. A great length. [old english, = stick]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
11. n.
1 piece of enclosed ground, esp. Attached to a building or used for a particular purpose. 2 us & austral. Garden of a house. [old english, = enclosure]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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