1.b> , (= 3 0,9144 ; .i> ydr>); there are 1,760 yards in a mile 1760 ; the yard was naturalized as an English measure ; to run a hundred yards in ten seconds flat ;
2.b> .i> ; to back a yard ( , i>);
to measure one's cloth by another's yardb> / ; to give smb. an inch (and they'll take a yard)b> , ; , ; , .