yarded

Kept in enclosure

Yarded is the past tense of yard, meaning confined to or placed in a yard—typically livestock gathered into an enclosure: The cattle were yarded for the night.

In logging, yarded refers to logs that have been dragged or hauled to a central collection point called a yard: The crew yarded the timber before transport.

livestock

cattle

Domesticated bovines kept commercially

herded · paddock · feedlot · livestock · pasture · grazing · fodder · dairy · bovine · ovine

confined

imprisoned

Held in custody

jailed · custody · internment · quarantine · captivity · restraint · hold · corral · penned · lockup

measured

footage

Recorded video material

acreage · area · square footage · plot · land · mapping · scale · proportion · geometry · quantity

enclosed

fence

Boundary structure between properties

  • enclosureConfined, bordered space
  • penInk-filled writing tool
  • corralFenced livestock enclosure

paddock · compound · gate · hedge · wall · barrier · perimeter · fenced-in · palisade · stockade

Opposites
confinement vs. freedom of movement

yardedfree-range

Not confined to enclosure

free-roaming · free-ranging · unconfined · pastured · loose

gathered vs. dispersed

yardedscattered

Spread irregularly about

dispersed · spread out · ranging · straying · wandering

Phrases
Family

yard, yards, graveyard, backyard, barnyard, yardstick, courtyard, churchyard, shipyard

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G