yarder, yard donkey
(noun) 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
yarder
(noun) (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards; “the golfer hit a 300-yarder to the green”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
yarder (plural yarders)
(forestry) A motor-driven logging machine which transports logs by means of a system of cables and winches.
(in combination) Something that is a stated number of yards in some dimension - such as a ten-yarder.
• Ardrey, Drayer, dreary, yarred
Source: Wiktionary
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
