halyard en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈhæljɑː(ɹ)d/
- /ˈhæljə(ɹ)d/
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English halier, from halen (“to haul”) + -iere (“-er”), with misconstrual of -ier as yard. Compare lanyard.
Meanings
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A rope used to raise or lower a sail, flag, spar or yard.
[…]broad-shouldered men with hard red-beaked faces and huge hands coarsened by generations of straining on heavy oars and halyards,—men who feared only God and the sea-spirits of their strange mythology and were a law unto themselves, adventurers and bigots.
1922, John Dos Passos, “A Novelist of Revolution”, in Rosinante to the Road Again, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC:At last I got my knife and cut the halyards. The peak dropped instantly, a great belly of loose canvas floated broad upon the water […]
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:Uncleat the black main halyard to lower and remove the jib cover; remove the main halyard from the jib cover.
(Can we date this quote?), “RS Quest Rigging Instructions”, in California State University, Sacramento, page 1:
- A rope used to extend a ladder.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| halyards | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| halliard | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (23)
da fald (rope) · ru фал (rope) · lv falle (rope) · mi taura whakaara (rope) · pt austaga (rope) · de Fall (rope) · nl vlaggenlijn (rope) · fi nostin (rope) · ca drissa (rope) · nl val (rope) · pl fał (rope) · mi whakaheke (rope) · pt ostaga (rope) · fr drisse (rope) · he מַעֲלָן (rope) · sw jarari (rope) · fi falli (rope) · nb fall (rope) · is falur (rope) · la anquina (rope) · bg фал (rope) · sv fall (rope) · it drizza (rope)