Noun: yarder yaa(r)-du(r)
- A winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road
"The lumberjacks used a yarder to move the heavy logs";
- yard donkey
- (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards
"the golfer hit a 300-yarder to the green"
Derived forms: yarders
Type of: linear measure, linear unit, winch, windlass
Encyclopedia: Yarder