yardarmn.

Brit.

/ˈjɑːdɑːm/, U.S.

/ˈjɑrdˌɑrm/

Forms: Also 1500s yardes-, 1600s yards-, 1600s–1700s yard's-.

Etymology: < yard n.² 5 + arm n.¹ 12b.

Nautical.

a. Either of the two ends of a yard; esp. that part of either end which is outside the sheave-hole. Often used for the yard as a whole.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > yard > either end of

yardarm?a1554

spritsail yardarm1618

main-yard-arma1661

?a1554 [see sense b].

1665 S. Pepys Diary 18 Sept. (1972) VI. 229 It being a place just wide enough, and not so much hardly, for ships to go through to it, the yard-arms sticking in the very rocks.

1756 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 506/2 So near as to be almost on board each other, our yard-arms very near touching hers.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. vi. 177 Aloft there! lie out, you Perkins, and reeve a whip on the starboard yard-arm.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 609 The vast wood of masts and yardarms below London Bridge.

b. in reference to hanging or ducking a person from the extremity of a yard as a punishment.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of

ladderc1515

yardarm?a1554

tramc1650

drop1796

drop-bolt1890

?a1554 H. Willoughby in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) ii. 266 For pickerie ducked at the yardes arme, and so discharged.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. x. 44 b [He had] three stroppados at the yardes arme of the gally.

1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. B7 They are duck'd from the yeard arme of State, into the deep sea of disgrace.

1746 Brit. Mag. Apr. 48 I..shall go near to complement you with the Ceremony of the Yard-arm.

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. xi. 412 He ordered the two Turks..to be hanged at the yard's arm.

1870 W. Thornbury Tour Eng. I. ix. 188 It was the time of hard fighting,..and frequent stringing up at the yard-arm.

1887 Times 11 Aug. 13/2 The improbability of seeing them..in their proper place at the yard-arm of one of Her Majesty's ships.

c. adverbial phr. yardarm and (or to) yardarm, said of two ships so near to one another that their yardarms touch or cross. Also yardarm to or with (another ship).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [phrase] > close alongside another ship

yardarm and (or to) yardarm1666

1666 London Gaz. No. 60/1 The Saphire and Success..bore in among them, laying yard-arm to yard-arm with the Admiral and Vice-Admiral.

1697 London Gaz. No. 3288/2 They lay Yards-Arm and Yards-Arm for 5 Glasses.

1759 Ann. Reg., Chron. 62/1 The second lieutenant then came upon deck, and fought the ship bravely, yard-arm and yard-arm.

1781 Log of Albemarle 30 Oct. in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. iii Finding the Albemarle yard-arm with them they submitted.

1867 H. Kingsley Silcote xlvii The old English (and French) method of laying himself yardarm to the enemy, and boarding him suddenly.

1887 W. Besant World Went vi An engagement, yard-arm to yard-arm, with a Frenchman.

in extended use.1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. xvi. 299 To leave it [sc. a picture by Turner] to the nation on condition of its being hung yard-arm and yard-arm with Claude.

d. attributive.

ΚΠ

c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 18 The goose neck or yard arm iron.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Yard-arm cleats, wooden wedges fixed on the yards at those points where they support the lifts and braces.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Yard-arm piece, an octagonal piece of timber supplied to replace a yard-arm if shot away.

1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 68 The yard-arm men get hold of the head-earrings.

Categories »

e. the sun is over the yardarm: see sun n.¹ Phrases 4f.

Derivatives

ˈyardarm v. (a) yardarm and yardarm (intransitive), to be yardarm and yardarm; also to yardarm it: transferred of persons, to fight at close quarters; (b) transitive to hang (a person) from the yardarm.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > fight at close quarters

to yardarm it1829

infight1916

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)]

hangc1000

anhangOE

forhangc1300

to loll up1377

gallowa1400

twitchc1450

titc1480

truss1536

beswinga1566

trine1567

to turn over1570

to turn off1581

to turn (a person) on the toe1594

to stretch1595

derrick1600

underhang1603

halter1616

staba1661

noose1664

alexander1666

nub1673

ketch1681

tuck1699

gibbet1726

string1728

scrag1756

to hang up1771

crap1773

patibulate1811

strap1815

swing1816

croak1823

yardarm1829

to work off1841

suspercollatea1863

dangle1887

society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > come or be alongside another ship

to fall on board (of)1508

to fall aboard——1569

yardarm and yardarm1829

1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 358 ‘Long bowls,’ said Curtis to Savage, ‘will not answer: you must yard-arm it with your adversary.’

1840 W. M. Thackeray George Cruikshank in Wks. (1900) XIII. 312 They are yard-arm and yard-arming, athwart-hawsing, marlinspiking,..as honest seamen invariably do, in novels.

1902 Munsey's Mag. (U.S.) XXVI. 499/2 I wish to God you'd been yard armed ten years back!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	yardarm
释义	yardarmn. Brit. /ˈjɑːdɑːm/, U.S. /ˈjɑrdˌɑrm/ Forms: Also 1500s yardes-, 1600s yards-, 1600s–1700s yard's-. Etymology: < yard n.² 5 + arm n.¹ 12b. Nautical. a. Either of the two ends of a yard; esp. that part of either end which is outside the sheave-hole. Often used for the yard as a whole. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > yard > either end of yardarm?a1554 spritsail yardarm1618 main-yard-arma1661 ?a1554 [see sense b]. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 18 Sept. (1972) VI. 229 It being a place just wide enough, and not so much hardly, for ships to go through to it, the yard-arms sticking in the very rocks. 1756 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 506/2 So near as to be almost on board each other, our yard-arms very near touching hers. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. vi. 177 Aloft there! lie out, you Perkins, and reeve a whip on the starboard yard-arm. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 609 The vast wood of masts and yardarms below London Bridge. b. in reference to hanging or ducking a person from the extremity of a yard as a punishment. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of ladderc1515 yardarm?a1554 tramc1650 drop1796 drop-bolt1890 ?a1554 H. Willoughby in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) ii. 266 For pickerie ducked at the yardes arme, and so discharged. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. x. 44 b [He had] three stroppados at the yardes arme of the gally. 1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. B7 They are duck'd from the yeard arme of State, into the deep sea of disgrace. 1746 Brit. Mag. Apr. 48 I..shall go near to complement you with the Ceremony of the Yard-arm. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. xi. 412 He ordered the two Turks..to be hanged at the yard's arm. 1870 W. Thornbury Tour Eng. I. ix. 188 It was the time of hard fighting,..and frequent stringing up at the yard-arm. 1887 Times 11 Aug. 13/2 The improbability of seeing them..in their proper place at the yard-arm of one of Her Majesty's ships. c. adverbial phr. yardarm and (or to) yardarm, said of two ships so near to one another that their yardarms touch or cross. Also yardarm to or with (another ship). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [phrase] > close alongside another ship yardarm and (or to) yardarm1666 1666 London Gaz. No. 60/1 The Saphire and Success..bore in among them, laying yard-arm to yard-arm with the Admiral and Vice-Admiral. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3288/2 They lay Yards-Arm and Yards-Arm for 5 Glasses. 1759 Ann. Reg., Chron. 62/1 The second lieutenant then came upon deck, and fought the ship bravely, yard-arm and yard-arm. 1781 Log of Albemarle 30 Oct. in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. iii Finding the Albemarle yard-arm with them they submitted. 1867 H. Kingsley Silcote xlvii The old English (and French) method of laying himself yardarm to the enemy, and boarding him suddenly. 1887 W. Besant World Went vi An engagement, yard-arm to yard-arm, with a Frenchman. in extended use.1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. xvi. 299 To leave it [sc. a picture by Turner] to the nation on condition of its being hung yard-arm and yard-arm with Claude. d. attributive. ΚΠ c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 18 The goose neck or yard arm iron. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Yard-arm cleats, wooden wedges fixed on the yards at those points where they support the lifts and braces. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Yard-arm piece, an octagonal piece of timber supplied to replace a yard-arm if shot away. 1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 68 The yard-arm men get hold of the head-earrings. Categories » e. the sun is over the yardarm: see sun n.¹ Phrases 4f. Derivatives ˈyardarm v. (a) yardarm and yardarm (intransitive), to be yardarm and yardarm; also to yardarm it: transferred of persons, to fight at close quarters; (b) transitive to hang (a person) from the yardarm. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > fight at close quarters to yardarm it1829 infight1916 society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)] hangc1000 anhangOE forhangc1300 to loll up1377 gallowa1400 twitchc1450 titc1480 truss1536 beswinga1566 trine1567 to turn over1570 to turn off1581 to turn (a person) on the toe1594 to stretch1595 derrick1600 underhang1603 halter1616 staba1661 noose1664 alexander1666 nub1673 ketch1681 tuck1699 gibbet1726 string1728 scrag1756 to hang up1771 crap1773 patibulate1811 strap1815 swing1816 croak1823 yardarm1829 to work off1841 suspercollatea1863 dangle1887 society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > come or be alongside another ship to fall on board (of)1508 to fall aboard——1569 yardarm and yardarm1829 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 358 ‘Long bowls,’ said Curtis to Savage, ‘will not answer: you must yard-arm it with your adversary.’ 1840 W. M. Thackeray George Cruikshank in Wks. (1900) XIII. 312 They are yard-arm and yard-arming, athwart-hawsing, marlinspiking,..as honest seamen invariably do, in novels. 1902 Munsey's Mag. (U.S.) XXVI. 499/2 I wish to God you'd been yard armed ten years back! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1554
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