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- 1. a unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 metre). "a full skirt that took twenty yards of cloth"
- 2. a cylindrical spar, tapering to each end, slung across a ship's mast for a sail to hang from.
Yard is an area outside a building, usually with a hard surface and a wall or fence around it.
noun. a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter. Nautical . a long spar, supported more or less at its center, to which the head of a square sail, lateen sail, or lugsail is bent. yard-of-ale.
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a unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 metre).
"a full skirt that took twenty yards of cloth"
- informal a great length of something. "yards and yards of fine lace"
- a square or cubic yard, especially of sand or other building materials.
- 2. a cylindrical spar, tapering to each end, slung across a ship's mast for a sail to hang from.
a unit of measurement equal to three feet orapproximately 91.4 centimetres
Yard is an area outside a building, usually with a hard surface and a wall or fence around it
An area outside a building, usually with a hard surface and a wall or fence around it
Yard is an area outside a building, usually with a hard surface and a wall or fence around it.