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noun

Yardarm n.

(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.

(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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Yardarm" Quotes from Famous Books

... seas came rolling up astern, their crests hissing and foaming, threatening to break over the poop. Several of the gentlemen passengers were collected on deck. Suddenly a voice was heard, exclaiming in a tone of terror, "What is that? Oh mercy, mercy!" They looked aloft; at the end of the yardarm was a mass of bluish light like a small globe. Charles saw Job Mawson standing not far off; his knees were knocking together, his arms outstretched. Presently the light began to move, and suddenly it appeared at the mainmast head; ...

— The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader - And what befell their Passengers and Crews. • W.H.G. Kingston

... keel-hauling was practiced from the main yardarm. The victim was dragged completely under the ship's bottom, scraping over the jagged barnacles, and drawn up on the other side, more often dead than living. As the sloop had only fore and aft sails, they had merely run a rope under the bottom, ...

— The Black Buccaneer • Stephen W. Meader

Words linked to "Yardarm" : end, yard, terminal