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yardarm en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From yard + arm.

Meanings

  1. The 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
yard arm alternative lexicographic
yardarms Number=Plur lexicographic
yard-arm alternative lexicographic

yardarm en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From yard + arm.

Meanings

  1. (dated, idiomatic, intransitive) To be close or nearby each other.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
yardarmed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
yardarmed Tense=Past lexicographic
yardarms Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
yardarming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
yard arm alternative lexicographic
yard-arm alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

yardarm and yardarm · yardarm it · the sun is over the yardarm · yardarm to yardarm · yardarm to · yardarm with

Relateds

yard

Translations (10)

sv rånock (outer end of a yard) · de Nock (outer end of a yard) · ru нок-ре́я (outer end of a yard) · de Rahnock (outer end of a yard) · la antenna (outer end of a yard) · fi raa’annokka (outer end of a yard) · es penol (outer end of a yard) · nrf but d'vérgue (outer end of a yard) · he זְרוֹעַ הַסְּקַרְיָה (outer end of a yard) · grc κεραία (outer end of a yard)