• A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward theends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard isusually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship. GoldenYard, or Yard and Ell (Astron.), a popular name the three stars inthe belt of Orion.-- Under yard [i. e., under the rod], under contract. [Obs.]Chaucer.


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  • hanging ground. chilling ground, home, area where you live

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  • your home

    Yard meaning & definition 4 of Yard.


  • Colloquialism for the country of Jamaica

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  • Prison. Refers to prison yards in correctional facilities.

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  • The word for a house

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  • house, home place where you live

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  • Yard in Yachting. A spar slung from a mast on that a sail is hung.

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  • [Slang] for [100] usually refers to [currency]

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