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yard vs fore-yard

fore-yard vs yard

yard and fore-yard both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
yard Yes No No No
fore-yard Yes No No No
As nouns, fore-yard is a hyponym of yard; that is, fore-yard is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than yard:
  • yard: a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
  • fore-yard: a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.
Other hyponyms of yard include main yard, foreyard, top-gallant yard, topgallant yard, royal yard.
yard (noun) fore-yard (noun)
an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock) a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.
a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
the enclosed land around a house or other building
an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
a tract of land where logs are accumulated
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Difference between yard and fore-yard

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