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Noun: yarder  yaa(r)-du(r)
  1. 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
     
  2. (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