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sailyards

sailyards is the plural of sailyard.

Meaning of sailyard

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.

Questions about sailyards

What is sailyards the plural of?
Sailyards is the plural of sailyard.

Words near sailyards in the dictionary

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

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