• (n.) The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp. See Godwit.
Yar'whip` noun [ So called from its sharp cry uttered when taking wing.] (Zoology) The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep , and yarwhelp . See Godwit . [ Prov. Eng.]