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)

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Proto-West Germanic *gard Old English ġeard Middle English yerd English yard From 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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