yard
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/jɑɹd/
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- A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
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cortile
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yard
noun
/jæːɹd/
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/jɑɹd/
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/jɑːd/
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- (obsolete) The rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16+1⁄2 feet.
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iarda,
yard
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- (nautical) A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely.
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pennone
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