Definition of yard

• v. i. - A rod; a stick; a staff.
• v. i. - A branch; a twig.
• v. i. - A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.
• v. i. - A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.
• v. i. - The penis.
• 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.
• n. - An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.
• n. - An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
• v. t. - To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.