Usually means: Traditional drinking glass for beer.
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  1. yard of ale: Merriam-Webster
  2. yard of ale: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. yard of ale: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. yard of ale: Collins English Dictionary
  5. yard of ale: Wiktionary
  6. yard-of-ale: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. yard-of-ale, yard of ale: Dictionary.com
  8. Yard of ale: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. yard of ale: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (yard of ale)

noun:  The amount of ale that fills a very tall tapering beer glass (approximately 1 yard). Drinking it as quickly as possible is a traditional pub game.

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