Welsh yard

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Welsh yard

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A calque of Welsh llath (“a rod”), similarly distinguished within Welsh as the llath Gymreig (“a Welsh rod”).

noun Welsh yards

historical The llath, a former Welsh unit of length equal to about 40 inches (about 1 m).

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@misc{welsh_yard_2026,
  title = {Welsh yard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/welsh%20yard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}