Yard

Definition 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

Measure of three feet; spar for extending a square sail: inclosed ground near a building.

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 inclosed place, esp. near a building.

Usage examples for yard:

• Min led the horse across the yard and left it standing before the kitchen door; she had not seen the bowed figure at the gate. "Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903", Lucy Maud Montgomery.

• Flossie and Freddie had also started to leave the room to go out into the yard and see what was going on, but when they heard their mother speak about a strange dog they went back to their chairs by the table. "The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea", Laura Lee Hope.

• Then a voice speaking quietly across the yard Anyone to lend a hand? "The Soul of the War", Philip Gibbs.

• " There was none when I left the Yard the other replied. "The Childerbridge Mystery", Guy Boothby.