yard¹ /yärd/

1. In English-speaking countries, a measure of 3 feet or 36 inches and equivalent to 0.9144 metre
2. A piece of material this length
3. A long beam on a mast for spreading square sails
4. A straight thin branch, a rod of authority, a stick for beating as punishment, or a rod for measuring (obsolete)
5. The penis (obsolete)

yardˈage noun

1. The aggregate number of yards
2. The length, area or volume measured or estimated in linear, square or cubic yards
3. The cutting of coal at so much a yard

yardˈarm noun

The outer tapering end of either half of a ship's yard

yardˈland or yard of land noun (historical)

A measure of land, a virgate (30 acres)

yardˈstick or (obsolete) yardˈwand noun

1. A stick 3 feet long
2. Any standard of measurement (figurative)

by the yard

1. Sold or measured in yard lengths
2. In large quantities (figurative)

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