chiefly Brit
a small usu walled and often paved area open to the sky and adjacent to a building; a courtyard
(used in combinations) the grounds of a specified building or group of buildings
a farmyard
a churchyard
(usu used in combinations) an area with its buildings and facilities set aside for a usu specified business or activity
a timber yard
a brickyard
NAmer a garden of a house
Jem and I had always enjoyed the free run of Miss Maudie's yard if we kept out of her azaleas — Harper Lee
a system of tracks for the storage and maintenance of railway vehicles carriages and wagons and the making up of trains
(the Yard) Brit, informal Scotland Yard
[Old English geard enclosure, yard]