a rod; a stick; a staff.-a branch; a twig.-a long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.-a measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of english and american measure.-the penis.-a long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. a yard is usually hung by the center to the mast.  see illust. of ship.-an inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.-an inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.-to confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.