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bumkin

bumkin noun: a short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.

Noun

bumkin (plural bumkins)

  1. A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.

Forms of bumkin

pluralbumkins
alternative formboomkin

Questions about bumkin

What does bumkin mean?
Bumkin means a short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.
What part of speech is bumkin?
Bumkin is a noun.
What is the plural of bumkin?
The plural of bumkin is bumkins.

Words near bumkin in the dictionary

  1. bumhole
  2. bumholes
  3. bumhood
  4. bumiputra
  5. bumiputras
  6. bumkin
  7. bumkins
  8. Bumler
  9. bumlike
  10. bumload
  11. bumloads

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