yard vs foreyard

foreyard vs yard

yard and foreyard both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
yard	Yes	No	No	No
foreyard	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, foreyard is a hyponym of yard; that is, foreyard 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
foreyard: 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, fore-yard, top-gallant yard, topgallant yard, royal yard.

yard (noun)	foreyard (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 foreyard

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