cloth yard
- 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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Historical Examples
The cloth-yard shafts of the English archers did great execution.
Little Travels and Roadside SketchesWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
They could neither fight in ranks nor flee from the cloth-yard shafts.
With the Black PrinceWilliam Osborn Stoddard
A whizzing shaft passed over his head, and a cloth-yard arrow sped to its mark, inside the shoulder of the deer.
With the Black PrinceWilliam Osborn Stoddard
Not upon these, but upon spearmen and crossbowmen, there suddenly fell a flight of cloth-yard shafts, doing deadly work.
With the Black PrinceWilliam Osborn Stoddard
No answer came, for the English archers stood silent, holding each a cloth-yard arrow ready for the string.
With the Black PrinceWilliam Osborn Stoddard