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A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.

The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.

An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.

A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.

To confine to a yard.

A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely 0.9144 m since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK).

Units of similar composition or length in other systems.

Any spar carried aloft.

A branch, twig, or shoot.

109, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.

Example: I need to hedge a yard of yen.

The totality of the sailing rig.

Example: Her yards were bare and cockabill.