The '''yard''' is a unit of measurement, equal to three feet, 36 [[inch]]es, or one one-hundredth of a [[football]] field, or approximately one . It is slightly smaller than the [[metric]] measurement of a [[meter]] (specifically 0.914 meters). Just as the "[[foot]]" was originally the length of a man's foot, the "yard" was originally the length of a man's ''yard'', or the distance from the tip of one outstretched [[finger]] to the one on his other [[hand]].
Yards are typically measured with a '''yardstick'''. ==See also==*[[Mile]]
==References==
[http://www.answers.com/topic/yardstick Anwers.com - Yardstick]
[[categoryCategory:units Units of Measurement]]