yardarm

See also: yard-arm

English

Alternative forms

• yard-arm, yard arm

Etymology

yard +‎ arm

Noun

yardarm (plural yardarms)

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

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

outer end of a yard

• Finnish: raa’annokka
• Greek:

  Ancient: κεραία f (keraía)

• Hebrew: זְרוֹעַ הַסְּקַרְיָה (he) f (zroa haskarya)
• Latin: antenna f
• Norman: but d'vérgue m
• Russian: нок-ре́я f (nok-réja)
• Spanish: penol (es) m

See also

• yard