Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - yard
Yard
yard
1. n. 1 a unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 metre). 2 this length of material (a yard and a half of cloth). 3 a square or cubic yard esp. (in building) of sand etc. 4 a cylindrical spar tapering to each end slung across a mast for a sail to hang from. 5 (in pl.; foll. by of) colloq. a great length (yards of spare wallpaper). Phrases and idioms by the yard at great length. yard-arm the outer extremity of a ship's yard. yard of ale Brit. 1 a deep slender beer glass, about a yard long and holding two to three pints. 2 the contents of this. Etymology: OE gerd f. WG 2. n. & v. --n. 1 a piece of enclosed ground esp. attached to a building or used for a particular purpose. 2 US the garden of a house. --v.tr. put (cattle) into a stockyard. Phrases and idioms the Yard Brit. colloq. = SCOTLAND YARD. yard-man 1 a person working in a railway-yard or timber-yard. 2 US a gardener or a person who does various outdoor jobs. yard-master the manager of a railway-yard. Etymology: OE geard enclosure, region, f. Gmc: cf. GARDEN
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English geard enclosure, ~; akin to Old High German gart enclosure, Latin hortus garden Date: before 12th century 1. a small usually walled and often paved area open to the sky and adjacent to a building ; court, the grounds of a building or group of buildings, the grounds immediately surrounding a house that are usually covered with grass, 3. an enclosure for livestock (as poultry), b. an area with its buildings and facilities set aside for a particular business or activity, an assembly or storage area (as for dry-docked boats), a system of tracks for storage and maintenance of cars and making up trains, a locality in a forest where deer herd in winter, II. adjective Date: 15th century of, relating to, or employed in the ~ surrounding a building , of, relating to, or employed in a railroad ~ , III. verb Date: 1758 transitive verb to drive into or confine in a restricted area ; herd, pen, to deliver to or store in a ~, intransitive verb to congregate in or as if in a ~, IV. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Old English gierd twig, measure, ~; akin to Old High German gart stick, Latin hasta spear Date: before 12th century any of various units of measure: as, a unit of length equal in the United States to 0.9144 meter, a unit of volume equal to a cubic ~, 2. a great length or quantity , one hundred dollars, a long spar tapered toward the ends to support and spread the head of a square sail, lateen, or lugsail, a slender horn-shaped glass about three feet tall ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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