Results for yardarm

Definitions of yardarm:

Either end of the spar which holds the sail of a square- rigged vessel.

Usage examples for yardarm:

• Taking his station on the fore- yardarm guided by the colour of the water, he gave directions to the helmsman how to steer. "Won from the Waves", W.H.G. Kingston

• Visions of the dreaded skull and cross- bones and of a horrible death at the yardarm whatever that was, made John Washington's teeth and knees knock together violently. "The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories", Charles Weathers Bump