DCHP-3

yard ((n.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1an.

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

Quotations

1828
. . . after much fatigue they reached the neighbourhood of the yard or beat of the moose-deer.
1904
The deer and moose were in their well-trodden "yards," for the snow was deep.
1964
They [moose] trample down "yards" in the snow, for cover and feed.
1bn.

the moose or deer so grouped.

Quotations

1872
The yard consists of generally three or four animals. Cows and young bulls yard together, the old bulls alone [moose].
2n.

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

Quotations

1899
I have friends on the Far Off River who show me the yards where musk-ox gather. . . .
3†n. — Lumbering

an assembly point for logs, often at a brow (def. 1).

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

Quotations

1943
The load is then dragged [by horse] over the trails swamped by the cutters to a rollway or a yard.
1952
From the yard, logs are hauled by truck or rail to tide-water where they are dumped. In some instances, the yard may be at the water's edge and then the logs are rolled directly into the water.