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yardarm en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From yard + arm.
Meanings
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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
yardarm en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From yard + arm.
Meanings
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(dated, idiomatic, intransitive) To be close or nearby each other.
Forms
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)