yardstick : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: yardstick	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for yardstick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yardstick n a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?" a ruler or tape that is three feet long Synonym(s): yardstick, yard measure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yardstick \Yard"stick`\, n. A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc.