bumkin

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noun

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

nounbumkin (plural bumkins)

plural bumkins · alternative boomkin

  1. nauticalA 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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APA

bumkin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bumkin

MLA

“bumkin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bumkin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bumkin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bumkin.

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