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Index of Subjects Hi, Jim: Well, according to the "Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea": YARD, (1) a large wooden or metal spar crossing the masts of a ship horizontally or diagonally, from which a sail is set. YARDARM, the outer quarters of a yard, that part which lies outboard of the lifts, on either side of the ship, i.e. the port and starboard yardarms. They were the positions in a square-rigged ship where most of the flag signals were hoisted, and in the older days of sail, when the disciplinary code on board included punishment of death by hanging, were the traditional points from which men were hanged on board. Peter Payzant On 2012-09-27 6:48 PM, James W. Wolford wrote: > what is relationship between a yard and a yard-arm?
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