yards

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of yard. Use this form when you mean more than one yard.

   The carpenter cut two boards, each about three yards long.

   The children played in the small yards behind their houses.

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2. 2
   nounplural

   The full set of sails and poles that drive a sailing ship.

   Like all the parts of a kite that catch the wind working together: but built across a ship to move it.

   Sailors hurried to trim the yards as the storm rolled in.

   From the dock, she could see the tall ship's yards against the sky.

   Similarrigging, rig

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3. 3
   verb

   The form of yard used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

   Each fall, the farmer yards the cows to keep them safe from the cold.

   The logger yards the cut timber down to the river.

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