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A yard (abbreviation: yd) is a unit of length in several different systems including United States customary units, Imperial units and the former English units. It is equal to 3 feet or 36 inches. Under an agreement in 1959 between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States, the yard (known as the "international yard" in the United States) was legally defined to be exactly 0.9144 metres. Prior to that date, the legal definition of the yard when expressed in terms of metric units varied slightly from country to country.
For purposes of measuring cloth, the early yard was divided by the binary method into two, four, eight and sixteen parts. The two most common divisions were the fourth and sixteenth parts. The quarter of a yard was known as the "quarter" without further qualification, while the sixteenth of a yard was called a nail. The eighth of a yard was sometimes called a finger, but was more commonly referred to simply as an eighth of a yard, while the half-yard was called "half a yard."
Actors: Léo Joannon (miscellaneous crew), Julien Carette (actor), Fernand Charpin (actor), Léonce Corne (actor), Édouard Delmont (actor), André Numès Fils (actor), Félix Oudart (actor), Palau (actor), Sinoël (actor), Roland Toutain (actor), Marcel Vallée (actor), Paulette Dubost (actress), Casimir Oberfeld (composer), Raymond Aimos (actor), Alida Rouffe (actress),
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