The yard (abbreviation: yd) is an English unit of length, in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement, that comprises 3feet or 36inches. It is by international agreement in 1959 standardized as exactly 0.9144meters. A metal yardstick originally formed the physical standard from which all other units of length were officially derived in both English systems.
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linear unit, field, tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel