1. (n.) A rod; a stick; a staff.

2. (n.) A branch; a twig.

3. (n.) A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.

4. (n.) A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.

5. (n.) The penis.

6. (n.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship.

7. (n.) An enclosure; usually, a small enclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.

8. (n.) An enclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.

9. (v. t.) To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.

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