I served a huge Thanksgiving dinner: turkey, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie—'the whole nine yards'. [=all the foods that are traditionally served for Thanksgiving dinner]
If we're going to replace the cabinets, we might as well 'go the whole nine yards' [=do everything that there is to do] and remodel the entire kitchen.
a rail 'yard' [=a place where railroad cars are kept and repaired]
(..) MAN : All right, now, hold on! GUARD: Up on the tower! New prisoner's coming in! You men down in the yard, step off the fence! Clear that gate! Put me through to E Block. E Block. Yeah. Right. (..)1999 The Green Mile