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Yard measure   /jɑrd mˈɛʒər/   Listen
Yard measure

noun
1.
A ruler or tape that is three feet long.  Synonym: yardstick.






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"Yard measure" Quotes from Famous Books



... We fetched the yard measure, and commenced our survey, as I shrewdly guessed the fine old mulberry tree had something to do with the calculations; if so the distance from the mulberry tree (Murier accounting for the letter M) to the walnut tree would be twenty-four yards; ...
— Jethou - or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles • E. R. Suffling



Words linked to "Yard measure" :   rule, ruler



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