yardarm

• yard-arm, yard arm

From yard +‎ arm.

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yardarm (plural yardarms)

1. (nautical) The outer end of a yard, often equipped with blocks for reeving signal halyards.
   • 2006, Megan Kelso, “1: The Squirrel Mother”, in The Squirrel Mother: Stories, →ISBN, page 13:

     Sun's under the yardarm, sis!

yardarm (third-person singular simple present yardarms, present participle yardarming, simple past and past participle yardarmed)

1. (dated, idiomatic, intransitive) To be close or nearby each other.

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