Definition of Square yard

1. Noun. A unit of area equal to one yard by one yard square.

Exact synonyms: Sq Yd
Generic synonyms: Area Unit, Square Measure

Definition of Square yard

1. Noun. A unit of area (''abbreviation'' '''sq yd''' ''or'' '''sq. yd.''') equal to the area of a square the sides of which are one yard long. (i.e. 3 feet by 3 feet or 9 square feet) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Square Yard

square rod
square root
square roots
square sail
square sails
square scooter
square scooters
square shooter
square tab shingle
square tab shingles
square the circle
square toes
square up
square wave
square wave stimuli
square yard (current term)
square yards
squared
squared-toe
squared the circle
squaredness
squareflipper square flipper
squarefree
squarehead
squareheads
squarelike
squarely
squareness
squarenesses
squarer

Literary usage of Square yard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
""Г printed, and not exceeding three square yards to the pound, six and one half cents per square yard ; exceeding three square yards to the pound, ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"On goods of like description, exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, unbleached, five cents per square yard; ..."

3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1865)
"On goods of like description, exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, unbleached, five cents per square yard ; if ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1865)
"n. goods of lighter description, exceeding two hundred threads to the square if bleached, seven and a-half cents per square yard ; if colored, stained, ..."

5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"... unless specially provided tor in this act. one half cents per square yard; if dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, lour cents per square yard. ..."

6. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"square yard a superficial area equal to that of a square each side of which measures one yard Square foot —1/9 square yard Square inch — i 144 square foot. ..."

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