yardarm

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noun

The outer end of a yard, often equipped with blocks for reeving signal halyards.

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Meanings

nounyardarm (plural yardarms)

plural yardarms · alternative yard-arm · alternative yard arm

  1. nauticalThe outer end of a yard, often equipped with blocks for reeving signal halyards.

    Sun's under the yardarm, sis!

    2006, Megan Kelso, “1: The Squirrel Mother”, in The Squirrel Mother: Stories, →ISBN, page 13
verbyardarm (third-person singular simple present yardarms, present participle yardarming, simple past and past participle yardarmed)

present singular third person yardarms · participle present yardarming · participle past yardarmed · past yardarmed · alternative yard-arm · alternative yard arm

  1. datedidiomaticintransitiveTo be close or nearby each other.

Origin

From yard + arm.

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Translations

Ancient Greek κεραία
  • κεραία (keraía)outer end of a yard
Finnish raa’annokka
  • raa’annokkaouter end of a yard
German Rahnock, Nock
  • Rahnockouter end of a yard
  • Nockouter end of a yard
Hebrew זְרוֹעַ הַסְּקַרְיָה
  • זְרוֹעַ הַסְּקַרְיָה (zroa haskarya)outer end of a yard
Latin antenna
  • antennaouter end of a yard
Russian нок-ре́я
  • нок-ре́я (nok-réja)outer end of a yard
Spanish penol
  • penolouter end of a yard
Swedish rånock
  • rånockouter end of a yard
Cite this entry
APA

yardarm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yardarm

MLA

“yardarm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yardarm. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yardarm,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yardarm.

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