yard : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile
  quarter mile.
  

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• noun a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile
  half mile.
  

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• noun the navy yard in Boston where the frigate `Constitution' is anchored
  

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• noun an enclosed yard for keeping poultry
  fowl run; chicken yard; chicken run.
  

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• noun a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
  yard.
  

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• an inclosure for sheep or cattle.

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• noun the yard in front of a house; between the house and the street
  

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• (Astron.), a popular name the three stars in the belt of Orion.

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• noun an enclosed yard for keeping poultry
  fowl run; chicken yard; chicken run.
  

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• noun a pen where livestock is temporarily confined
  holding paddock; holding pen.
  

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• (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond the gaff.

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• a kitchen garden. Scot.

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• a liberty, granted to persons imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any other limits prescribed by law, on their giving bond not to go beyond those limits.

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• noun yard for a square mainsail
  

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Main" yard`

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1. (Naut.) The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast.

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• noun a railway yard in which trains are assembled and goods are loaded
  

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• (Zoöl.), a locality where moose, in winter, herd together in a forest to feed and for mutual protection.

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• noun a military shipyard
  naval shipyard.
  

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• a place set apart as a shore station for the use of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and other appliences for building and equipping war vessels and training their crews.

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• noun the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London
  New Scotland Yard.
  

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• an inclosure about a prison, or attached to it.

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• noun an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
  railyard; yard.
  

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• noun workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made
  ropewalk.
  

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• (Naut.), the yard or spar on which a sail is extended.

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• noun the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London
  New Scotland Yard.
  

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• noun the grounds at either side of a house
  

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• noun a unit of area equal to one yard by one yard square
  sq yd.
  

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Tilt"-yard` noun

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1. A yard or place for tilting. "The tilt-yard of Templestowe." Sir W. Scott.

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• a yard or place where timber is deposited.

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• (Naut.), to move it horizontally by means of a brace.

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• to lower them to the gunwale.

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• (Naut.), to send men upon a yard, as for furling or reefing a sail.

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• (Naut.), to station men on the yards as a salute or mark of respect.

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• (of a vessel) (Naut.), to brace them so that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely. Totten.

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• (Naut.), to brace it fore and aft.

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• [i. e., under the rod], under contract. Obs. Chaucer.

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• noun a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
  dump; trash dump; rubbish dump; dumpsite; wasteyard; garbage dump.
  

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• noun a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks
  yardbird.
  
• noun a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
  inmate; convict; yardbird; con.
  

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• noun a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road
  yarder.
  

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• noun merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard
  piece goods.
  

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• noun coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere
  Eleusine indica; goose grass; wire grass; yardgrass.
  

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• (Bot.), a low-growing grass (Eleusine Indica) having digitate spikes. It is common in dooryards, and like places, especially in the Southern United States. Called also crab grass.

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• noun in football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field
  

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• noun (football) a marker indicating the yard line
  

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• noun a ruler or tape that is three feet long
  yardstick.
  

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• . See Yardland.

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• noun an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises
  garage sale.
  

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• noun South American bean having very long succulent pods
  asparagus bean; Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis; Vigna sesquipedalis.
  

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