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yardarm
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun yardarm has 1 sense
- yardarm(n = noun.artifact) Array - either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship; Array is a part of yard
is a kind of end, terminal
CIDE DICTIONARY
yardarm, n.
- Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard{6}, from the center or mast to the end. [1913 Webster]" Ships are said to be yardarm and yardarm when so near as to touch, or interlock yards." [1913 Webster]
- The portion of a yard{6} outboard of the slings, often called the
outer quarter . [RH]" A yard{6} is considered to have four unequal quarters, two quarters extending from the mast to the slings on each side, and two smaller outer quarters outboard of the slings." [RH]
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