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Examples of yardarm
yardarm
The Governor was caught and promptly hanged on the yardarm of the Royal Fortune.
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I relaxed, confident of rejoining the trail before the sun dipped near the yardarm.
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Two days later he was hanged from the yardarm of the vessel as a deterrent to others.
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Hang a few from the yardarm to get the point across that piracy is a dangerous occupation.
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Snakkbar-too early for me chum-sun nowhere near the yardarm over here.
From the guardian.co.uk
I'll be trying it out for myself as soon as the sun is over the yardarm.
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In the absence of a gaff the ensign may be flown from the yardarm.
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Arbuthnot was hanged from the yardarm of his own ship.
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Aboard the vessel was the governor of the French colony who was hung by Roberts from the yardarm of his ship.
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- Either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship
- A yard is a spar on a mast from which sails are set. It may be constructed of timber, steel, or from more modern materials, like aluminium or carbon fibre. ...
- The outer quarters of a horizontal spar attached to the mast athwartships, equipped with blocks for reeving signal halyards
- The very end of a yard. Often mistaken for a "yard", which refers to the entire spar. As in to hang "from the yardarm" and the sun being "over the yardarm" (late enough to have a drink).
- A long arm that is set at a forty-five-degree angle to a ship's mast. Sometimes called a yard.
- The extreme tip of a yard. Each yard had two yardarms - one at each end.
- Horizontal spar mounted in such a way that when viewed from the cockpit, the sun is always over it.
- Horizontal spars on masts from where Square sails are hung . Sun over the yard arm
- Either end of a long, slender beam or pole that supports a square sail.
