bumkin

See also: bumpkin

English

Alternative forms

• boomkin

Noun

bumkin (plural bumkins)

1. (nautical) 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.

References

• “bumkin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• The Kedge Anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant, William Brady, p85, →ISBN