The term, yard derives from the Old English gerd, gyrd etc., which was used for branches, staves and measuring rods. It is … See more

The origin of the yard measure is uncertain. Both the Romans and the Welsh used multiples of a shorter foot, but 2+1⁄2 Roman feet was a "step" (Latin: gradus) and 3 Welsh feet was a "pace" (Welsh: cam). The Proto-Ger… See more

The yard is used as the standard unit of field-length measurement in American, Canadian and association football, cricket pitch dimensions, and in some countries, golf fairway measurements.
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For purposes of measuring cloth, the early yard was divided by the binary method into two, four, eight and sixteen parts. The two most common divisions were the fourth and sixteenth parts. The quarter of a yard (9 inches) wa… See more

• international yard (defined 1959):
1250 (international) yards = 1143 meters 1 (international) yard = 0.9144 meters (exact) 1 (international) statute mile = 8 international furlongs = 80 international chains = 17… See more

• Guz, the yard of Asia
• 3 ft gauge railways
• Vara
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