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yerds

yerds is the plural of yerd.

yerds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of yerd.

Meaning of yerd

Noun

yerd (plural yerds)

  1. (obsolete) A yard, plot of ground around a building or fenced paddock.
    • James Sympson, buryed in the yerd, xxvj may1899, The Publications of the Yorkshire Parish Register Society
  2. (obsolete) A yard (unit of measurement); three feet.
    • (15 aprill 1550 ) Such Napery as was in the church the same day one towell of holand of iij yerdes dimidium long & yerd brode one towell of calicow cloth / v yerdes a quarter long & dimidium yerd brode1910, Transactions of the St. Paul's Ecclesiological Society, page 174

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Questions about yerds

What is yerds the plural of?
Yerds is the plural of yerd.

Words near yerds in the dictionary

  1. yerd
  2. yerded
  3. yerding
  4. Yerdon
  5. Yerdons
  6. yerds
  7. yere
  8. Yeremei
  9. Yeremey
  10. yeremeyevite
  11. Yeremian

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