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Definition of Yard and Ell

Yard and Ell
Yard Yard, n. [OE. yerd, AS. gierd, gyrd, a rod, stick, a measure, a yard; akin to OFries. ierde, OS. gerda, D. garde, G. gerte, OHG. gartia, gerta, gart, Icel. gaddr a goad, sting, Goth. gazds, and probably to L. hasta a spear. Cf. Gad, n., Gird, n., Gride, v. i., Hastate.] 1. A rod; a stick; a staff. [Obs.] --P. Plowman. If men smote it with a yerde. --Chaucer. 2. A branch; a twig. [Obs.] The bitter frosts with the sleet and rain Destroyed hath the green in every yerd. --Chaucer. 3. A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc. [Obs.] 4. A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure. 5. The penis. 6. (Naut.) 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. Golden Yard, or Yard and Ell (Astron.), a popular name of the three stars in the belt of Orion. Under yard [i. e., under the rod], under contract. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Meaning of Yard and Ell from wikipedia

- known later as the Scotch ell=37·06; and the cloth ell of 45 in., used until 1600. See yard for details. The Scottish ell (Scottish Gaelic: slat Albannach)...
- race. The yard continued till the reign of Henry VII., when the ell was introduced, that being a yard and a quarter, or 45 inches. The ell was borrowed...
- "Cambridge yard (gl****)" and an "ell gl****". It is ****ociated by legend with stagecoach drivers, though was mainly used for drinking feats and special toasts...
- Jacob's Staff; Peter's Staff; the Golden Yard-arm; The L, or Ell; The Ell and Yard; the Yard-stick, and the Yard-wand; the Ellwand; Our Lady's Wand; the...
- The units of linear measure have changed the least – the yard (which replaced the ell) and the chain were measures derived in England. The foot used...
- Ell Roberson III (born August 13, 1980) is a former American football quarterback. Roberson pla**** in college at Kansas State University and had a brief...
- English and Latin copies, some which omit mention of London and describe "the measure held at Winchester", an indication that a standard ell or yard was nominally...
- in 1966 and died at home, 25 Findhorn Place in Edinburgh on 22 November 1974, a few days before his 73rd birthday. An Old Scottish Yard and Ell Measure...
- a rectangle of width w{\displaystyle w} and length ℓ{\displaystyle \ell } equals 2w+2ℓ.{\displaystyle 2w+2\ell .} An equilateral polygon is a polygon which...
- 10/11 of the old (Belgic) foot. The barleycorn, inch, ell, and yard were likewise shrunk, while rods and furlongs remained the same. The ambiguity over the...