1) Old-time tall drinking glass 
An aleyard or yard of ale, is an old English drinking glass, a yard or so long, traditionally holding about a pint, but often more. The aleyard was usually trumpet-shaped not unlike the old horn carried by a coach guard. Sometimes the aleyard ended in a hollow ball; when the air reached the inside of the bulb the liquor spurted over the drinker, un...
yard-of-ale.