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sailyard

sailyard noun: a yard (spar or shaft) to which the sails of a ship are bent (tied or fastened to).

sailyard: a yard (spar or shaft) to which the sails of a ship are bent (tied or fastened to)
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Noun

sailyard (plural sailyards)

  1. A yard (spar or shaft) to which the sails of a ship are bent (tied or fastened to).
  2. (obsolete) One of the structural arms of a windmill to which the vanes or sails are attached.
  3. (obsolete) An antenna of an insect.

Forms of sailyard

pluralsailyards

Origin of sailyard

From Middle English saylyerde, sailyerd, seilȝerd, from Old English seġlġyrd, seġelġyrd (“sailyard”), from Proto-West Germanic *seglagaʀdī and *seglagaʀd (“sailyard, mast”, literally “sail-rod, sail-staff”), equivalent to sail + yard (“staff, rod, stick”). Cognate with German Segelgerte.

Questions about sailyard

What does sailyard mean?
Sailyard means a yard (spar or shaft) to which the sails of a ship are bent (tied or fastened to).
What part of speech is sailyard?
Sailyard is a noun.
What is the plural of sailyard?
The plural of sailyard is sailyards.

Words near sailyard in the dictionary

  1. sailsmen
  2. sailwear
  3. sailworthiness
  4. sailworthy
  5. saily
  6. sailyard
  7. sailyards
  8. sailyarn
  9. saim
  10. Saimaa ringed seal
  11. Saimaa ringed seals

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