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Noun: yardarm  'yaa(r)d,aa(r)m
  1. Either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship
    "The sailor climbed up to the yardarm to adjust the sail"

Derived forms: yardarms

Type of: end, terminal

Part of: yard

Encyclopedia: Yardarm