单词 | headyards |
释义 | > as lemmasheadyards headyards n. [compare earlier headsail n.] Nautical (now chiefly historical) the yards (yard n.2 5) in the foremast; cf. after-yards n. at after- prefix 3. ΚΠ 1758 Exact Acct. Late Exped. 25 All with their head-yards, rigging, and a considerable quantity of stores on board. 1801 Naval Chron. 6 245 With an intent..to brace the head yards a-box. 1910 D. W. Bone Brassbounder (1911) iii. 43 ‘All hands off the deck!’ roared the Mate when the headyards were steadied. 2003 J. E. Fender Audacity iii. 32 Brace in the afteryards! Lay the headyards square! < as lemmas |
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