yard measure, yardstick

A stick or rod, three feet in length, used to measure cloth, . yard-tackle, s. Naut .: A threefold tackle depending from the end of a lower yard-arm, for lifting boats and other weights. yard (2), *yarde (2), yerd (2), yerde (2), s . [A. S. geard an inclosure, a court; cogn. with Dut. gaard =a yard, a garden; Icel. gardhr (= Prov. Eng. garth ); Dan. gaard ; Sw. gård ; O. H. Ger. gar to ; Mid. H. Ger. garte ; Ger. garten ; Ru . gorod ' =a yăp, v. i. [Icel. gjalpa =to yelp; cf. Fr.japper =to bark.] To yelp, to bark.