hot yard n ME Cf hot deck n, hot-yard v
In logging: A yard n from which logs are removed as fast as they are brought in.
1974 Northeast Folkl. 15.27 ME, Another valuable kind of probe is the question based on something said in an earlier interview. (“Last time I was here you mentioned that the winter you worked up around Kennebago, you were on a hot yard. Now I’m not clear just what a hot yard was. Could you go into that a little for me?”) 1984 MJLF 10.151 ME, Hot deck. A temporary pile of logs. Maine: Hot yard.