yardarm

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English

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yardarm

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Alternative forms

• yard-arm, yard arm

Etymology

From yard +‎ arm.

Pronunciation

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Noun

yardarm (plural yardarms)

1. (nautical) The outer end of a yard, often equipped with blocks for reeving signal halyards.
   • 2006, Megan Kelso, “1: The Squirrel Mother”, in The Squirrel Mother: Stories, →ISBN, page 13:

     Sun's under the yardarm, sis!

Verb

yardarm (third-person singular simple present yardarms, present participle yardarming, simple past and past participle yardarmed)

1. (dated, idiomatic, intransitive) To be close or nearby each other.

Derived terms

• the sun is over the yardarm
• yardarm and yardarm
• yardarm it
• yardarm to
• yardarm to yardarm
• yardarm with

Translations

outer end of a yard

Finnish: raa’annokka German: Rahnock n or f, Nock (de) n or f Greek: Ancient: κεραία f (keraía) Hebrew: זְרוֹעַ הַסְּקַרְיָה (he) f (zroa haskarya) Latin: antenna (la) f Norman: but d'vérgue m Russian: нок-ре́я f (nok-réja) Spanish: penol (es) m Swedish: rånock (sv) c

See also

• yard