Yard

1. (v. i.) A rod; a stick; a staff.
2. (v. i.) A branch; a twig.
3. (v. i.) A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.
4. (v. i.) A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.
5. (v. i.) The penis.
6. (v. i.) 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 inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.
8. (n.) An inclosure 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.
10. (n.) A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.