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
Usage examples for yard:
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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.