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yard-arm

yard-arm is the alternative form of yardarm.

Meaning of yardarm

Noun

yardarm (plural yardarms)

  1. The outer end of a yard, often equipped with blocks for reeving signal halyards.
    • Sun's under the yardarm, sis!2006, Megan Kelso, “1: The Squirrel Mother”, in The Squirrel Mother: Stories, →ISBN, page 13

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Forms of yard-arm

pluralyard-arms

Questions about yard-arm

What is yard-arm the alternative form of?
Yard-arm is the alternative form of yardarm.

Words near yard-arm in the dictionary

  1. yard trash days
  2. yard up
  3. yard work
  4. yard-arita
  5. yard-aritas
  6. yard-arm
  7. yard-arms
  8. yard-fowl
  9. yard-fowls
  10. yard-garita
  11. yard-garitas

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