yardˈage noun

1. The aggregate number of yards
2. The length, area or volume measured or estimated in linear, square or cubic yards
3. The cutting of coal at so much a yard

yardˈarm noun

The outer tapering end of either half of a ship's yard

yardˈland or yard of land noun (historical)

A measure of land, a virgate (30 acres)

yardˈstick or (obsolete) yardˈwand noun

1. A stick 3 feet long
2. Any standard of measurement (figurative)

by the yard

1. Sold or measured in yard lengths
2. In large quantities (figurative)

the whole nine yards (N American slang)

The whole lot

yard of ale, etc

A very long, narrow glass for beer, etc, or the amount it holds

yard² /yärd/

1. An enclosed place, esp near a building, often in compounds such as ‘backyard’, ‘courtyard’, ‘farmyard’ and ‘prison-yard’, or a place where any special work is carried on, as in ‘brickyard’, ‘woodyard’ and ‘dockyard’
2. A garden

To enclose in a yard

yardˈage noun

The use of a yard, or the charge made for such

yardˈbird noun (US sl)

1. A convict
2. A recruit
3. A soldier confined to camp or required to carry out some menial task as a punishment

yard-long bean noun

The asparagus bean

yardˈman noun

1. A person in charge of a farmyard
2. A person employed in a marshalling yard in making up trains, etc
3. A person employed to do gardening and other outdoor tasks (US)

yardˈ-master noun

A person in charge of a marshalling yard

yard sale noun (N American)

A sale of second-hand goods, usu held in the owner's garden

the Yard

New Scotland Yard, the London Metropolitan Police headquarters