YARDARM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("yardarm" is a kind of...):

end; terminal (either extremity of something that has length)

Holonyms ("yardarm" is a part of...):

yard (a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen)

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