boomkin

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A form of bumkin — A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.

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Meanings

nounboomkin (plural boomkins)

plural boomkins

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bumkin.

    If one refers to af chapman one finds that while only three drawings of comparable ships show boomkins fitted, all drawings of bluff-headed ships show either an extra timberhead or a half-round cutting in the top of the hawse piece to accommodate this spar when needed.

    1985, The Great Circle, page 32

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

boomkin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boomkin

MLA

“boomkin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boomkin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boomkin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boomkin.

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