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cloth yard

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noun

a unit of measure for cloth, formerly 37 inches (0.93 meter), now the equivalent of the standard yard (0.91 meter); 36 inches; 3 feet.

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Origin of cloth yard

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75

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Examples from the Web for cloth yard

Very few fled, very few had the opportunity of flying; for the cloth-yard shaft never missed its aim.
The Eighteen Christian Centuries|James White
No answer came, for the English archers stood silent, holding each a cloth-yard arrow ready for the string.
With the Black Prince|William Osborn Stoddard
Know then that the sheath is one cloth-yard, in length, marked off according to feet and inches to serve me as a measuring wand.
The White Company|Arthur Conan Doyle
Fork-headed shafts of a cloth-yard in length, and these shot within the breadth of a French crown, are sting enough.
The Literary World Seventh Reader|Various

He was a mighty archer with those national weapons, the long-bow and the cloth-yard shaft.
From Chaucer to Tennyson|Henry A. Beers