yard.

Definition of yard. in English English dictionary: Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard; A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely; A unit of length equal to three feet (exactly 0.9144 metres in the US and UK); A staff, rod or stick; A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building; An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc; 109, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard
I need to hedge a yard of yen.; One-hundred dollars; One’s house or home; {n} ground enclosed to a house, a measure of three feet, a pole to hang sails upon; Jamaica; an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines; Fenced off, outdoor storage and repair area; Any spar carried aloft; Slang for one billion currency units Used particularly in currency trading, e g , for Japanese yen since one billion yen equals approximately US$10 million It is clearer to say, "I'm a buyer of a yard of yen," than to say, "I'm a buyer of a billion yen," which could be misheard as "I'm a buyer of a million yen "; a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen; an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock) a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"; A rod; a stick; a staff; A branch; a twig; A unit of measure A yard is approximately 91 5 cm A yard is also 3 feet; A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure; A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast; You can refer to a large open area where a particular type of work is done as a yard. a railway yard. a ship repair yard; {i} lawn, enclosure, lot, courtyard; unit of measure equal to 0.9144 meters; storage area; train yard, yard where railway cars and engines are stored and maintained; pen, enclosure for livestock; crossbeam for a sail (Nautical); a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91 44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride; An imperial unit of measurement equal to 36"; A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc; 9144 metre in the International System of Units. A cloth yard, used to measure cloth, is 37 in. long; it was also the standard length for arrows. In casual speech, a yard (e.g., of concrete, gravel, or topsoil) may refer to a cubic yard; The penis; The spar supporting the top of a sail On a lug rig such as the Swallow had, the yard is set at an angle from the horizontal The yardarm is the not the entire yard but rather a short end on the yard beyond where the sail is attached on a square-rigged ship; One of the basic units of measurement in golf Some others are: the stroke (1 4 swings = 1 stroke); the minute spent looking for a lost ball (1,145 seconds); a 30-foot putt (divide by 5 if preceded by the phrase "I sunk" and by 10 if preceded by the phrase "I missed"); the club-length in determining whether a putt is a gimme (the length of the clubhouse along its longest axis, not including stairs or porches); and liquid measure at the 19th hole (one drink = two drinks); A yard is a unit of length equal to thirty-six inches or approximately 91.4 centimetres. The incident took place about 500 yards from where he was standing a long narrow strip of linen two or three yards long. a yard of silk; A long tapered timber hung by its centre to a mast to which is bent a topsail or squaresail; Lineal measurement equal to 3 feet The space or grounds surrounding a building; a cubic yard is the basic measure of concrete; A term used by NPHC groups to indicate the campus Use in phrases such as which groups are on the yard, meaning which groups are on the campus; A system of auxiliary tracks used exclusively for the classification of passenger or freight cars according to commodity or destination; assembling of cars for train movement; storage of cars; or repair of equipment; The spar at right angle to a mast that the head of a square sail is connected to The yard can pivot (be braced) around the mast At rest (braced square) the yard runs athwartships Each yard takes its name from the section of mast that supports it, and the sails take their names from the yards; 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"; An open space on the same lot with a building, unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided herein The measurement of a yard shall be construed as the minimum horizontal distance between the lot line and the building line; an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock); a measure of length equal to 36 inches or 3 feet and equivalent to 0 914 meters Its abbreviation is yd; A yard is a flat area of concrete or stone that is next to a building and often has a wall around it. I saw him standing in the yard. = courtyard; Imperial unit of linear measure: 3 feet; System of tracks with defined local boundaries, which provides for the making up of trains, storing of cars and other related functions; An open space on a lot unoccupied by a building or structure or parts thereof; provided however, that roof overhangs, cornices or eaves shall not extend twenty four (24) inches into the minimum required yard Steps, unroofed porches, window sills, slanted bulkheads, fences, gates or security stations, yard accessories, ornaments and furniture and customary summer awnings are permitted in any yard but shall be subject to height limitations and setback limitations The minimum required yard shall be a strip of land of uniform depth required by this zoning bylaw measured from the lot or street line and adjacent thereto; To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows; (1) a large wooden spar crossing the masts of a sailing ship horizontally or diagonally, from which a sail is set (2) a shortened form of the word 'dockyard, in which vessels are built or repaired; A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail; The spar supporting the top of a lugsail It is set at an angle from the horizontal; a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel); Slang for one billion dollars Used particularly in currency trading, e g for Japanese yen since one billion yen only equals approximately US$10 million It is clearer to say, " I'm a buyer of a yard of yen," than to say, "I'm a buyer of a billion yen," which could be misheard as, "I'm a buyer of a million yen "; One's house or home; the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"; the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100; Industry slang for one billion; Slang for one billion currency units Used particularly in currency trading, e g for Japanese yen since on billion yen only equals approximately US$10 million It is clearer to say, "I'm a buyer of a yard of yen," than to say, "I'm a buyer of a billion yen," which could be misheard as, "I'm a buyer of a million yen "; A yard is a piece of land next to someone's house, with grass and plants growing in it. He dug a hole in our yard on Edgerton Avenue to plant a maple tree when I was born. a short form of Scotland Yard. Unit of length equal to 36 inches, or 3 feet (see foot), in the U.S. Customary System or; Slang for one billion dollars Used particularly in currency trading, e g for Japanese yen, since one billion yen equals only approximately US$10 million It is more clear to say ``I'm a buyer of a yard of yen,'' than to say ``I'm a buyer of a billion yen'', which could be misheard as ``I'm a buyer of a million yen ''; measure of length used in the United States for medium size distances -- "How many cm shorter than a meter is a yard?" (239); a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91; an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines 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"; 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; Land a quantity of land, containing in some countries 20, in others 24, 30 and 40 acres; but at Wimbleton in Surry, no more than 15; An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard; A term applied to a spar attached at its middle portion to a mast and running athwartship across a vessel as a support for a square sail; 44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride; of Ship