yardarm meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

yardarm

noun

Etymology From yard + arm.

Nautical, Transport 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:

verb

Etymology From yard + arm.

Dated, Idiomatic To be close or nearby each other.

Derived terms: the sun is over the yardarm, yardarm and yardarm, yardarm it, yardarm to, yardarm to yardarm, yardarm with
Related terms: yard

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