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Noun Concept
Categories: Nautical terms, Articles with short description, Shipbuilding, All articles needing additional references, Sailing rigs and rigging
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yard  mainyard  man the yards  manned the yards  Manning the mast
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A long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen WordNet 3.0
English:
sailing
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A long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A yard is a spar on a mast from which sails are set. Wikipedia
A spar on the mast of a sailing ship Wikipedia Disambiguation
A spar on a traditional sailing ship Wikipedia Disambiguation
Sail-carrying part of the rigging of a sailing ship Wikidata
A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely. Wiktionary
IS A
spar
ship element
mast
HAS PART
Rahnock
yardarm
PART OF
sailing vessel
rigging
HAS KIND
main yard
fore-yard
top-gallant yard
royal yard
Rejka
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Paulys Realenzyklopädie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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yard
Wikipedia
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yard (sailing)
Wikidata
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yard
Wiktionary
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yard
Wikipedia Redirections
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mainyard, man the yards, manned the yards, Manning the mast, Manning the yards, mast manning, Sun over the yardarm, yard-arm, yard arm, yard arms, yardarms

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