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Often on horseback, he yarded and penned cattle.
From Time Magazine Archive
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When Atik returned, Miyax told him he did not need to go to the mountains—that a large herd was yarded not far up the river.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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In two more trips, with his extra "cars" and with that glassy surface, he believed that every ounce of railroad material could be "yarded" at the Po-quette Carry.
From The Rainy Day Railroad War by Day, Holman
Sheep, therefore, contract the disease from being driven over the pastures, yarded on the straw, etc., where diseased sheep have been, perhaps even days, before.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert
Extra vagance! it depends on how you are yarded.
From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David