v.: to dismantle or otherwise redistribute the composite parts
of a whole, as with an automobile, motorcycle, or computer
system, according to the respective practical or monetary value
of each. n./adj.: used to denote or describe an item whose
original purpose or function as a whole is no longer viable, but
whose constituent parts retain some individual practical or
monetary value, as with a "yard out" motorcycle (often
hyphenated: "yard-out"), also called a "parts machine". Context:
The parting out of automobiles, motorcycles, electronic computer
systems, industrial and agricultural machinery, electrical
appliances, medical apparatuses, nautical and aeronautical
equipment and other mechanical devices and instrumentation is
done as an economical and, incidentally, ecological means of
recycling (see recycle) and reusing various components that may
otherwise be more expensive or difficult to obtain. See also:
part out; part it out; dismantle; parts queen, junk wagon.
"Patrick had me yard out a Zenith carbureto