Yard (disambiguation)

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Yard may mean:

• Yard, a unit of length (3 feet)
• Megalithic yard, a theoretical unit of prehistoric measurement
• Yard (beer), an extremely long beer glass
• Yard (land), an enclosed area, usually attached to a building, sometimes a garden (often less formal), or a sports field, or an enclosed space used for various things, such as a builder's yard or a wrecking yard; often used in combining form as in "knacker's yard", "junkyard" and "lumber yard"
• Yard (sailing), a spar on a traditional sailing ship.
• Yards Brewing Company, a brewery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Classification yard (or "railroad yard", "marshalling yard" and "hump yard"), and area where railroad trains are made up and broken down
• Scotland Yard or "The Yard", headquarters for London's Metropolitan Police Service
• Skin Yard, an American grunge band from Seattle, Washington
• Billion, referred to in American financial slang as a "yard", derived from the French 'Milliard'
• Home, as in "come back to my yard for some food"
• Military base, sometimes referred to as a "yard", a facility directly owned and operated by and/or for a or part of a military organization
• Prison, sometimes referred to as "The Yard"; also the exercise area for inmate activities that is a part of some prisons

As a surname:

• Douglas Yard, a Manitoba judge
• Molly Yard (1912-2005), American feminist

Backyard may refer to:

• The Backyard, a 1920 film starring Oliver Hardy
• Backyard wrestling