< Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)
YARD, is a measure of length, employed for measuring cloth, stuffs, &c.
The English yard contains three feet, or 36 inches: it is converted into ells English, by subtracting a fifth part, or 7 one-5th inches; and into ells Flemish, by adding one-eighth, or 412 inches.
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