sailyard

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English

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Mast and sailyards

Etymology

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From Middle English saylyerde, sailyerd, seilȝerd, from Old English seġlġyrd, seġelġyrd (sailyard), from Proto-West Germanic *seglagaʀdī and *seglagaʀd (sailyard, mast, literally sail-rod, sail-staff), equivalent to sail +‎ yard (staff, rod, stick). Cognate with German Segelgerte.

Noun

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sailyard (plural sailyards)

  1. (nautical) A yard (spar or shaft) to which the sails of a ship are bent (tied or fastened to).
  2. (obsolete) One of the structural arms of a windmill to which the vanes or sails are attached.
  3. (entomology, obsolete) An antenna of an insect.

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