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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
yardage
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ smaller yardages of fabric
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But few got their hands on it more than Danny Grewcock, nor made yardage as consistently.
▪ Dutton completed 24 of 32 passes while setting a career high for yardage.
▪ He found Derrick Fenner and Daryl Hobbs on short passes; they each gained nice yardage after the catch.
▪ Maybe he was talking about the yardage.
▪ Plenty of yardage and points and no control of the clock.
▪ The yardage on the card often bears little relation to the club you select.
▪ The yardage was the fifth-best performance by a Chargers runner.
▪ The yardages for each tournament are the single most important function of a caddie.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
yardage

"aggregate number of yards," 1900 in sports, from yard (n.2) + -age.

Wiktionary
yardage

n. An amount or length measured in yards.

WordNet
yardage

n. distance measured in the aggregate number of yards; "what is the yardage of this golf course?"

Usage examples of "yardage".

But when they needed the long yardage, they went to their big-play back, the one who could turn it upfield, the guy who ran the hundred in ten flat, the swift and elusive Jordan Elliott.

She pulled it over her head but she could not find the neckhole once she was inside all the yardage of it.

A course resists absolute knowledge -notwithstanding rangefinders, yardage books, and even experience.

The most thoughtful golfers know that golf is about so much more than hitting standard golf shots where they simply dial in a yardage.

He enjoyed his job, he liked the fresh challenges of each day, he was happy with his head full of angles and reentries, yardages and imperial weights.