yard limit (yard limit)

On a railway, the extreme end of the yard-space occupied by sidings and switches: usually indicated by a sign beside the track. yardman (yärd'man), n.; pl. yardmen (-men). 1. The laborer who has the special care of a farm-yard. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] -2. One who is employed in a railway-yard under the yard-master, to a ist in switching cars and making up trains. Also yards man. Labourers (including yardmen and stokers). Elect. Rev. (Eng.), XXV. 432.