Definition of "Yard" :

noun: an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)

noun: a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen

noun: the enclosed land around a house or other building

"It was a small house with almost no yard."

noun: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines

noun: a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)

"They opened a repair yard on the edge of town."

noun: a tract of land where logs are accumulated

noun: a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)

noun: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

noun: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100