yardarm

[ yahrd-ahrm ]

noun

, Nautical.

1. either of the outer portions of the yard of a square sail.

yardarm

/ ˈjɑːdˌɑːm /

noun

1. nautical the two tapering outer ends of a ship's yard

Word History and Origins

Origin of yardarm¹

First recorded in 1545–55; yard ¹ + arm ¹

Example Sentences

Overhead the yardarm blinkers were signaling, and directly over Sara Lee's head a great white searchlight swept the water ahead.

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Expect me then soon, for I hope to run athwart you, yardarm and yardarm, as an old salt we once knew used to say.

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I dreamed all night that I was in the hands of the Americans, with a rope round my neck and about to be run up at the yardarm.

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Her master, as Griggs remarked, "was no d—d slouching lubber, and knew a yardarm from a rattan cane."

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Four of the pirates were picked up, and hung at the yardarm next morning.

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