n A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building (w:Yard (land) | Wikipedia).
n An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
n (context|Jamaica) One’s house or home.
v (transitive) To confine to a yard.
n (nautical) A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bend#Verb|bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely.