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How to use halyard in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Halyard means a rope used to raise or lower a sail, flag, spar or yard. Example: “Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.”

More sentences with halyard

  • Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.From the entry fall
  • By easing the halyard, the luff of the sail was made to sag to leeward.From the entry luff
  • “Run the spin halyard to the cabin-top winch and pass me the free end!”2021 22 April, “jdale” (username), Course for Catastrophe, chapter 4. From the entry spin
  • He cleared one of the tangled halyards and swiftly two-blocked the flag.1960, The Skipper, volume 20, page 44. From the entry two-block
  • They control absolutely--sheets, halyards, clewlines, buntlines, braces, and down-hauls--every sail on the fore and main.1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLVI. From the entry buntline
  • This allows the jib to move up, frees the halyard slightly so the tack and peak move away from forestay.1975, Bob Ross, Introduction to Yacht Racing, page 111. From the entry forebeam
  • The wind-chime tingling of halyards slapping against masts, the constant creaking of wooden boats, the gurgling of water passing under the hull.1991, Michael L. Frankel, Sabra Crossing: An Ecological Adventure in the North Atlantic. From the entry tingle
  • Haul away, keeping strain on both parts of the halyard so that the pigstick remains vertical as it goes up and doesn't foul the spreaders.1983 January, Cruising World, page 148. From the entry pigstick
  • The big coiled throat and peak halyards were made ready to run, and the mainsheet was put to the winch ready for crotching the boom.1969, Yachting - Volume 125, page 319. From the entry crotch
  • The next step was the invention of the self-tailing device, whereby the need for a tailer, holding the sheet or halyard while another person operated the winch, was eliminated.2000, Dave Cox, The Sailing Handbook. From the entry tailer

Meaning of halyard

  1. noun A rope used to raise or lower a sail, flag, spar or yard.
  2. noun A rope used to extend a ladder.

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Questions about halyard in a sentence

How do you use halyard in a sentence?
Halyard is used as a noun. For example: “Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.”
What is a short sentence with halyard?
“Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.”
What does halyard mean?
Halyard means a rope used to raise or lower a sail, flag, spar or yard.

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