yarder

English

From yard (verb) +‎ -er.[1]

yarder (plural yarders)

(forestry) A motor-driven logging machine which transports logs by means of a system of cables and winches.

From yard (noun) +‎ -er.

yarder (plural yarders)

(in combination) Something that is a stated number of yards in some dimension.
- 2014 September 15, Richard Gibson, “West Ham’s Enner Valencia makes mark as points are shared with Hull”, in The Guardian:
  His 25-yarder was sandwiched by classy finishes from Hull’s debutants Abel Hernández and Mohamed Diamé before a howler from the goalkeeper Allan McGregor resulted in a Curtis Davies own goal.

“yarder, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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