sailyard
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sailyard
before 900; Middle English seylyarde, Old English seglgyrd. See sail, yard 1
Example Sentences
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This bark that now, my friends, you see, Asserts she once was far more swift Than other craft, whate’er the tree Might ply the oar or sailyard shift, She passed them all on every sea.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various
Jim and I were sent aloft to the fore-topgallant sailyard to furl the sail.
From Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler by Durden, James
Over mast and sailyard clambered the clustering vine, and dark masses of grapes hung from the branches.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
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