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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

Words nearby cloth yard

clothier, clothing, Clotho, cloth-of-gold, cloth roll, cloth yard, Clotilda, clotted cream, clotting factor, clotty, cloture

How to use cloth yard in a sentence

Jettison your lawyers as a source of prison-yard guidance, Abramoff said.
Abramoff’s Advice for Virginia’s New Jailhouse Guv|Tim Mak, Jackie Kucinich|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Parker writes of the “black-faced doe” that he sees in the yard in his new Texas house.
Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Paper and cloth are cheap, what people are paying for is the story.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really.|Ana Marie Cox|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Just right for that person who needs a little creative push to do something daring in their yard.
The Best Gift Books of 2014|William O’Connor|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Later that day he made a call from the row of phones in the yard and reached his wife for the first time in six months.
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sol got up, slowly; took a backward step into the yard; filled his lungs, opened his mouth, made his eyes round.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
He thrust the Cardinal's mantle into it, and stood over the smouldering cloth, till the whole was consumed to ashes.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
They ran side by side across the yard to a roofed flight of steps that led to the printing-office.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
After his death crowds flocked to his grave to touch his holy monument, till the authorities caused the church yard to be shut.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
In the court-yard of the hotel was standing the voiture, which had come in some twenty minutes before us.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various