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yard ((v.))

• 1 v. of moose and deer, stay or establish themselves in a yard (def. 1a).

  See also: yard ((n.)) (def. 1a)  yarded (up) (def. 1)  yard up  

  • 1871  (1872)  If once disturbed they [moose] will travel miles before yarding afresh.
  • 1921  (1928)  On account of its wide-spreading and concave hoofs the Woodland caribou does not have to "yard" as other deer do in winter time, for thus provided with natural snowshoes, the caribou can pass over the deepest snow with little trouble.
  • 1958  In winter several moose may yard together. . . .

• 2 † v. Lumbering pile (logs) at a yard (def. 3).

  See also: yard ((n.)) (def. 3)  yarded (up) (def. 2)  yarder  yarding (def. 1)  

  • 1925  By this time the weather had grown very cold and frozen the lake solid where they were "yarding," and along whose shore the twenty bunkhouses floated on rafts.
  • 1953  
    Never stopped for dinner, ate her as we ran,
    Killed six punks and a chokerman;
    Yarded two million and sent them down the line
    Before the whistle blew for quitting time.
  • 1963  After the logs have been yarded to the "side," a loader places the tongs on the log at a point somewhat behind its centre of gravity.