yard
noun
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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Rosses and Morrisons lost three horses when they had a go for 'em, besides there isn't a man on our place could have yarded them.
From The Pioneers by Katharine Susannah Prichard