A strengthening cross timber.
One of a number of cross-bands fastened temporarily to the frames to keep them in place until properly secured.
A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.
A chip or splinter of wood.
A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely.
10⁹, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.
100 dollars.
A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.
Any spar carried aloft.
Units of similar composition or length in other systems.
One’s house or home.
The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely 0.9144 m since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK).
To move a yard at a time, as opposed to inching along.
To confine to a yard.