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Yardarm n.

(Naut.) Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard (6), from the center or mast to the end. Note: Ships are said to be yardarm and yardarm when so near as to touch, or interlock yards.

(Naut.) The portion of a yard (6) outboard of the slings, often called the outer quarter. Note: A yard (6) is considered to have four unequal quarters, two quarters extending from the mast to the slings on each side, and two smaller outer quarters outboard of the slings.

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"Yardarm" Quotes from Famous Books

... concern, and observed, that he had passed many a hard night in his time; but such another as this, he would not be bound to weather for the command of the whole British navy. "I have seen Davy Jones in the shape of a blue flame, d'ye see, hopping to and fro on the sprit-sail yardarm; and I've seen your Jacks o' the Lanthorn, and Wills o' the Wisp, and many such spirits, both by sea and land. But to-night I've been boarded by all the devils and d—ned souls in hell, squeaking and squalling, and glimmering and glaring. Bounce went the door—crack went the pew—crash ...

— The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves • Tobias Smollett

... began, looking round thoughtfully after a minute or so, "I wish we could get a plank or a yardarm from somewhere." ...

— My Lady Caprice • Jeffrey Farnol

... answered lightly. "He stole the admiral's pig. He was hanged at the yardarm until he was dead. You thank your stars we have not got far to go. There's France fair to leeward; but that cutter's between us and there, so we shall have a close call to get home. P'raps we shall not get ...

— Jim Davis • John Masefield

... comrades, who had not yet fired, looked to see where the Spanish shot had gone. But, with the exception of two holes in the Nonsuch's mainsail, and a severed brace dangling from the fore-topsail yardarm, no damage was discoverable, whereat ...

— The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer • Harry Collingwood

... he heard a slight noise in the rigging just above his head. Looking up, he saw a ball of fire running along a yardarm near the top of the mast. The sight was so strange that he forgot his prayer and stared with open-mouthed wonder. To his astonishment, the ball grew brighter and brighter, and then suddenly began slipping down the mast, all ...

— A Chinese Wonder Book • Norman Hinsdale Pitman

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