How to use yardarm in a sentence
From the yardarms also come the "braces," by means of which the yards are swung so as to set the sails at the proper angle.
The sleet froze to the rotting sails, to the ice-logged hull, to the wan yardarms frost-white like ghosts.
Vikings of the Pacific | Agnes C. LautWhat if the vast wood of masts and yardarms below London Bridge should be in ablaze?
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayIn a few minutes, aided by Baley and Culver, he sighted the gun, aiming for the outstretched yardarms of the schooner.
The Boy Scouts of the Life Saving Crew | Robert ShalerStill, the sea struck her abeam, forcing her bodily to leeward, and heaving the lower yardarms into the ocean.
Homeward Bound | James Fenimore Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for yardarm
/ (ˈjɑːdˌɑːm) /
nautical the two tapering outer ends of a ship's yard
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