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Vinony

yardage

noun

  1. cloth woven in lengths to be sold by the yard, meter, etc.
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Proto-West Germanic *gard Old English ġeard Middle English yerd English yard Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English yardage From yard + -age.

  1. An amount or length measured in yards.

    “I used a yardage counter to tell me that I had about 400 yards of each thread.”

  2. The use of a yard, or the fee charged for it.
  3. Territory.

    “Aiyuk a junior college transfer excels in grabbing yardage after the catch. No, like, really excels. In mid-October, according a story by The Athletic, Aiyuk was averaging more yards after the catch (13.6) than Jerry Jeudy was averaging per catch”