- yard|land
- yard|land «YAHRD LAND», noun.an area of land held by a tenant in villeinage in early English manors, varying in different counties from 15 to 40 acres.
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Yard (land) — A yard is an enclosed area of land, usually tied to a building. The word comes from the same linguistic root as the word garden and has many of the same meanings. Indeed both terms can loosely be used interchangeably, and may thus be maintained… … Wikipedia
Yard (disambiguation) — Yard may mean: *Yard, a unit of length (3 feet) *Megalithic yard, a theoretical unit of prehistoric measurement *Yard (beer), an extremely long beer glass *Yard (land), an enclosed area, usually attached to a building, sometimes a garden (often… … Wikipedia
yard of land — Etymology: Middle English yerde of londe 1. : virgate 2. : a strip of land a rod wide; especially : one having an area of 1/4 acre * * * yardˈland or yard of land noun (historical) A measure … Useful english dictionary
yard — {{11}}yard (n.1) ground around a house, O.E. geard enclosure, garden, court, house, yard, from P.Gmc. *garda (Cf. O.N. garðr enclosure, garden, yard; O.Fris. garda, Du. gaard, O.H.G. garto, Ger. Garten garden; Goth. gards house … Etymology dictionary
Yard of land — Yard Yard, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries. garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden, G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. gar[eth]r yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house, garda… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Yard — Yard, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries. garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden, G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. gar[eth]r yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house, garda… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Yard grass — Yard Yard, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries. garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden, G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. gar[eth]r yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house, garda… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
yard — Ⅰ. yard [1] ► NOUN 1) a unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 metre). 2) a square or cubic yard, especially of sand or other building materials. 3) a cylindrical spar slung across a ship s mast for a sail to hang from. ● by the yard Cf.… … English terms dictionary
yard — ‘enclosed area’ [OE] and yard ‘three feet’ [OE] are distinct words, both of ancient ancestry. The former probably goes back ultimately to Indo European *ghorto , which also produced Latin cohors ‘court’ (source of English cohort and court) and… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
yard — ‘enclosed area’ [OE] and yard ‘three feet’ [OE] are distinct words, both of ancient ancestry. The former probably goes back ultimately to Indo European *ghorto , which also produced Latin cohors ‘court’ (source of English cohort and court) and… … Word origins
