Yarder Definition & Meaning

yarder
noun
  1. (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards; "the golfer hit a 300-yarder to the green"
  2. 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

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