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yawlsman

yawlsman noun: one who sails a yawl.

Noun

yawlsman (plural yawlsmen)

  1. One who sails a yawl.
    • When the sun has sunk behind the Yorkshire wolds, its work begins; the lamp is lighted, and the clockowrk wound. Then the watch pacing the steamer's deck, Jack Collier taking his 'trick at the wheel, ' and the bluff yawlsman riding to his nets far out at sea, will see a tiny point of light grow and...1885 August 15, “Round Flamborough Head”, in Chambers's Journal, volume 62, number 85, page 513
    • This deduction of nearly one hundred million herrings shot away with the lives of the kittiwakes and gulls every season, under one line of cliffs alone, is a rough, unscientific perhaps, but nevertheless effective popular argument for the good cause, and should make the owners of the Sarah Jane...1887, Edwin Lester Linden Arnold, Bird Life in England, page 225

Forms of yawlsman

pluralyawlsmen

Origin of yawlsman

From yawl + -s- + -man.

Questions about yawlsman

What does yawlsman mean?
Yawlsman means one who sails a yawl.
What part of speech is yawlsman?
Yawlsman is a noun.
What is the plural of yawlsman?
The plural of yawlsman is yawlsmen.

Words near yawlsman in the dictionary

  1. yawler
  2. yawlers
  3. yawless
  4. yawling
  5. yawls
  6. yawlsman
  7. yawlsmen
  8. Yawm al-Din
  9. yawmeter
  10. yawmeters
  11. yawn

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