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yardarm
yard·arm Y0007400 (yärd′ärm′)n. Nautical Either end of a yard of a square sail.yardarm (ˈjɑːdˌɑːm) n (Nautical Terms) nautical the two tapering outer ends of a ship's yardyard•arm (ˈyɑrdˌɑrm)
n. either of the outer portions of the yard of a square sail. [1545–55] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  yardarm - either end of the yard of a square-rigged shipyard - a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateenend, terminal - either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix" |
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yardarm to yardarmoutdated Really close together. When I planted the bushes, I put them yardarm to yardarm—I hope they don't overcrowd each other once they start blooming.See also: yardarmthe sun is over the yardarmIt is the appropriate time of day to begin drinking alcohol. A "yardarm" is a horizontal bar on the mast of a ship, and it is supposed that when the sun passed it at a certain time of day (around noon), sailors were allowed to drink. Well, the sun is over the yardarm, so why don't we order some wine with our brunch? Are you really having a beer? I don't think the sun is quite over the yardarm yet.See also: over, sun, yardarmthe sun is over the yardarm People say the sun is over the yardarm to say that it is late enough in the day to have an alcoholic drink. Well, the sun is over the yardarm — anyone for a drink? Note: This expression is used humorously. Note: This expression is thought to come from the old practice on some ships of having an alcoholic drink when the sun had risen past a horizontal bar on the mast, usually around 11a.m. See also: over, sun, yardarmthe sun is over the yardarm it is the time of day when it is permissible to drink alcohol. informal This was originally a nautical expression: a yardarm is the outer extremity of a yard , a cylindrical spar slung across a ship's mast for a sail to hang from. The time of day referred to is noon, rather than 6 o'clock in the evening, as is often supposed. 1992 Angela Lambert A Rather English Marriage Have a snifter? Sun's over the yardarm, as they say in the senior service. See also: over, sun, yardarmsun is over the yardarm, when theA time permissible for cocktails or some other alcoholic drink. Yardarm means either end of the outer portions of a square sail, and presumably this term alludes to the cocktail hour on a pleasure yacht, after the sun has begun to sink. It is used more in Britain than in America, where in fact it is dying out. Rudyard Kipling had it in From Sea to Sea (1899): “The American does not drink at meals as a sensible man should. Also, he has no decent notions about the sun being over the yardarm or below the horizon.”See also: over, sunyardarm
yardarm Nautical the two tapering outer ends of a ship's yard yardarm[′yär‚därm] (naval architecture) One of the ends of a yard. yardarm
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