square yard
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. Abbreviation: yd2, sq. yd.
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How to use square yard in a sentence
There isn't a single square yard of that whole belt but is equipped with a torpedo.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)For the remaining hours of daylight we searched, leaving not a square yard of ground uninvestigated for a radius of miles.
A Frontier Mystery | Bertram MitfordSee what the landscape would be, how much earlier spring would come to it, if every square yard of it was alike moist and fertile.
A Year in the Fields | John BurroughsDress goods—silk over $1.50 a square yard; cotton over 50 cents a square yard, and wool over $2 per square yard.
It is quite expensive, costing sixty cents a square yard, which is one of the reasons why it is seldom used.
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