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Small cart backing several feet (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yards

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'several feet' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
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'small cart backing' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'cart' becomes 'dray' (a cart without sides for delivering heavy loads).
'backing' says the letters should be written backwards.
's'+'dray'='sdray'
'sdray' reversed gives 'YARDS'.

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(Other definitions for yards that I've seen before include "Farm enclosures?" , "Measures; enclosures" , "Three feet in each" , "Pieces of uncultivated ground adjoining buildings" , "Units of length" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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