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yard ((n.))

• 1a n. a browsing area where a group of moose or deer in winter tread down the snow, remaining there for protection and warmth until the fodder within easy reach is exhausted.

  See also: deer yard  moose-yard (def. 1)  ravage  yard ((v.)) (def. 1)  

• 1b n. the moose or deer so grouped.

• 2 n. a place where musk-ox huddle together for warmth and protection.

• 3 † n. Lumbering an assembly point for logs, often at a brow (def. 1).

  See also: brow (def. 1)  yard ((v.)) (def. 2)