Fabric measures (5)
I believe the answer is:
yards
'fabric measures' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for yards that I've seen before include "Pieces of uncultivated ground adjoining buildings" , "Farm enclosures?" , "One thousand seven hundred and sisty in a mile" , "Measures; enclosures" , "Courts" .)