yardarm

yard·arm  (yärdärm)

n. Nautical

Either end of a yard of a square sail.

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yardarm [ˈjɑːdˌɑːm]

n

(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical the two tapering outer ends of a ship's yard

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

yardarm - either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship yard - a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen end, terminal - either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix"

Translations

yardarm [ˈjɑːdɑːm] N (Naut) → verga f, penol m

yardarm

n (Naut) → Nock f; to hang somebody from the yardarm → jdn am Mast aufknüpfen; when the sun is over the yardarm (dated inf) → wenn es (endlich) soweit ist, dass man sich einen genehmigen darf (inf)

yardarm [ˈjɑːdɑːm] n (Naut) → varea