Yardarm
Definition of yardarm:
part of speech: noun
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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After declaiming that verse to us, she would add in low tones that made one's blood run cold, " Men have been hung at the yardarm for singing that song.
"The Adventure of Living", John St. Loe Strachey. -
The captain then called to him to go out to the end of the " yardarm
"The Life of a Ship", R.M. Ballantyne. -
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.