yard donkey
         n 1: 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 [syn: {yarder}, {yard donkey}]

English Dictionary: yardmaster	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yard marker n (football) a marker indicating the yard line
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yard measure n a ruler or tape that is three feet long [syn: yardstick, yard measure]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yardman n worker in a railway yard a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yardmaster n a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard Synonym(s): yardmaster, trainmaster, train dispatcher
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yard \Yard\, n. [OE. yerd, AS. gierd, gyrd, a rod, stick, a       measure, a yard; akin to OFries. ierde, OS. gerda, D. garde,       G. gerte, OHG. gartia, gerta, gart, Icel. gaddr a goad,       sting, Goth. gazds, and probably to L. hasta a spear. Cf.       {Gad}, n., {Gird}, n., {Gride}, v. i., {Hastate}.]       1. A rod; a stick; a staff. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.                         If men smote it with a yerde.            --Chaucer.          2. A branch; a twig. [Obs.]                         The bitter frosts with the sleet and rain Destroyed                      hath the green in every yerd.            --Chaucer.          3. A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc. [Obs.]          4. A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six             inches, being the standard of English and American             measure.          5. The penis.          6. (Naut.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical,             tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and             extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center             to the mast. See Illust. of {Ship}.          {Golden Yard}, or {Yard and Ell} (Astron.), a popular name of             the three stars in the belt of Orion.          {Under yard} [i. e., under the rod], under contract. [Obs.]             --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yardwand \Yard"wand`\, n.       A yardstick. --Tennyson.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Yourdon          1. The {Yourdon methodology}.          2. {Edward Yourdon}.          3. {Yourdon, Inc.}.          (1995-04-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Yourdon, Inc.          The company founded in 1974 by {Edward Yourdon} to       provide educational, publishing, and consulting services in       state-of-the-art software engineering technology.   Over the       next 12 years, the company grew to a staff of over 150 people,       with offices throughout North America and Europe.   As CEO of       the company, Yourdon oversaw an operation that trained over       250,000 people around the world; the company was sold in 1986       and eventually became part of {CGI}, the French software       company that is now part of {IBM}.   The publishing division,       Yourdon Press (now part of Prentice Hall), has produced over       150 technical computer books on a wide range of software       engineering topics; many of these "classics" are used as       standard university computer science textbooks.          (1995-04-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Yourdon methodology          The {software engineering} {methodology}       developed by {Edward Yourdon} and colleagues in the 1970s and       1980s.   "Yourdon methodology" is a generic term for all of the       following methodologies: {Yourdon/Demarco},       {Yourdon/Constantine}, {Coad/Yourdon}.          (1995-04-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Yourdon/Constantine          (Or "Constantine/Yourdon") A {structured design}       {methodology} involving {structure charts}, developed by Larry       Constantine.          (1995-04-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Yourdon/Demarco          (Or "DeMarco/Yourdon") A {structured analysis}       {methodology} involving {data flow diagram}s, etc. developed       by {Edward Yourdon} and Tom DeMarco.          (1995-04-07)