Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The use or convenience of a yard or inclosure, as in receiving, lading, or unlading cattle, etc., from railroad-cars.
- noun The charge made for such use or convenience.
- noun In coal-mining, cutting coal at so much per yard or fathom.
- noun Measurement or amount in yards.
- noun Yard-price.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An amount or
length measured inyards .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun distance measured in the aggregate number of yards
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Examples
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You will soon get use these settings and will be able to tell if the yardage is a little less or greater.
I'm getting a three pin sight on my bow, what should I set them at, need help, new to bowhunting. 2010
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You will soon get use these settings and will be able to tell if the yardage is a little less or greater.
I'm getting a three pin sight on my bow, what should I set them at, need help, new to bowhunting. 2010
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This season, Rams tight ends caught most of their passes in short yardage, which is part of their job.
Turf Show Times 2010
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This season, Rams tight ends caught most of their passes in short yardage, which is part of their job.
Turf Show Times 2010
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This season, Rams tight ends caught most of their passes in short yardage, which is part of their job.
Turf Show Times 2010
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Hansen is considered a more dangerous quarterback because of his ability to scramble or gain yardage off designed runs.
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AP Texas A & M running back Christine Michael tries to gain yardage as Missouri defender Brad Madison reaches for him during the first half of the No. 21 Tigers '30-9 victory in College Station, Texas.
Dog-Day Afternoon 2010
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Free-agent acquisition T.J. Houshmandzadeh arrives from Cincinnati to boost a receiving unit led in yardage last season by a tight end.
Scene at Seattle's camp evokes memories of an old TV favorite 2009
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No Redskins player disrespects Blache's '09 defensive scheme, especially since, in yardage stats, it's still far ahead of this year's crew.
For Redskins, improvement down the roster continues long after changes at the top Thomas Boswell 2010
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Perhaps the play that turned the game most dramatically toward the Redskins was made by a defense that was ultra-violent all day long, dealing out two concussions and other gasp-provoking licks, even though it allowed the Eagles to lead in yardage, 353-293.
Redskins' Donovan McNabb is the homecoming king in Philadelphia, but he wasn't alone Thomas Boswell 2010
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