vbl. sb.1 [f. YARD v.1 + -ING1.]

1

  1.  concr. (See quot.) U.S.

2

1840.  Buel, Farmer’s Comp., 315. Summer yarding, stuff carted into the yard, and trodden by the cattle, for manure.

3

  2.  Storage in a yard.

4

1865.  Grandy, Timber Importer’s Guide, 129. Market value of bricks,… allowing for … expenses of yarding, &c.

5

1886.  Law Times, LXXX. 149/2. The freight and yarding charges.

6

  3.  (See YARD v.1 1.) Colonial.

7

1898.  ‘R. Boldrewood,’ Rom. Canvas Town, 97. The same process of yarding-up, catching, and cropping proceeds.

8

  Yarding, vbl. sb.2: see YARD v.2

9