Meaning

noun a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

noun the enclosed land around a house or other building

noun a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)

originFrom Middle English yerd, yard, ȝerd, ȝeard, from Old English ġeard (“yard, garden, fence, enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“enclosure, yard”), from…

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