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YARDARM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yardarm mean?
• YARDARM (noun)
The noun YARDARM has 1 sense:
1. either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship
Familiarity information: YARDARM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("yardarm" is a kind of...):
end; terminal (either extremity of something that has length)
Holonyms ("yardarm" is a part of...):
yard (a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen)
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