Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Yardarm   Listen
noun
Yardarm  n.  
1.
(Naut.) Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard (6), from the center or mast to the end. Note: Ships are said to be yardarm and yardarm when so near as to touch, or interlock yards.
2.
(Naut.) The portion of a yard (6) outboard of the slings, often called the outer quarter. Note: 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.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar




"Yardarm" Quotes from Famous Books



... going to be hoaxed and humbugged in this way. I will have satisfaction, but not with those confounded scythes and things he talks about in the dark room. Give me broad daylight and no favour; yardarm and yardarm; broadside and broadside; hand-grenades ...
— Varney the Vampire - Or the Feast of Blood • Thomas Preskett Prest


Words linked to "Yardarm" :   yard


Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com