[NatureNS] spar, masts, yards etc.

Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:04:47 -0300
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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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