DCHP-2
yarded (up) DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1 adj.
of moose or deer, grouped in a yard (def. la).
See also: yard ((n.)) (def. 1a) yard ((v.)) (def. 1)
- 1902 (1953) A herd of deer well yarded, under the leadership of an old and crafty buck, will come safe and sleek through the fiercest wilderness winter.
- 1921 It can be readily understood how easy it was for the Indians . . . to kill every animal found "yarded up."
2 adj. — Lumbering
of logs, piled in a yard (def. 3).
See also: yard ((n.)) (def. 3) yard ((v.)) (def. 2)
- a1954 While loading teams with yarded logs I received my deathly wound.
- 1954 The picture formed in Alan's mind: a low slab-sided bunkhouse somewhere out back with logs yarded shoulder high and more being snaked in.
- 1902 (1953) A herd of deer well yarded, under the leadership of an old and crafty buck, will come safe and sleek through the fiercest wilderness winter.