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yərd noun
any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a spar, sail, flag, etc., into position for use.
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| —n | |
| nautical a line for hoisting or lowering a sail, flag, or spar | |
| [C14: halier, influenced by | |
| halliard or halliard | |
| —n | |
| [C14: halier, influenced by | |
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Halyard
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
halyard
1611, from M.E. halier, from halen "to haul" (see hale (v.)). Spelling infl. by yard "long beam that supports a sail."
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Example sentences
Above, a flag flapped, a halyard rang against the invisible pole.
Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
The other, the throat halyard, is used to raise or lower the jaws of the gaff.
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