Results for yardarm
Definitions of yardarm:
part of speech: noun
Either end of the spar which holds the sail of a square- rigged vessel.
Usage examples for yardarm:
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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