yardarm

Mast's horizontal extension

A yardarm is either end of a yard—the horizontal spar that supports a square sail on a sailing ship.

The phrase the sun is over the yardarm signals that it's late enough in the day to start drinking, from the naval tradition of the first rum ration when the sun rose past the yardarm.

rigging

spar

Nautical support beam

mastVessel's sail support
boomLoud deep sound
sailShip's wind-catching fabric

shrouds · stays · halyard · tackle · block · cleat · foremast · mainmast · mizzen · topmast

position

port

Docking place for ships

starboardVessel's right-hand side
abeamPerpendicular to keel
aloftHigh in the air

fore · aft · windward · leeward · outboard · amidships · horizontal · parallel · lateral · crosswise

idiom

sundowner

Drink at dusk

cocktail hourPredinner drinking period
five o'clockLate afternoon hour
naval traditionLongstanding seafaring customs

noon · tipple · grog · rum ration · tot

Categories

nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
shipbuildingshipyards, dockyards, dockyard, hull, hulls
age of sail equipmentanchor, sails, rigging, mast, rope
sailing gearmainsail, sail, jib, spinnaker, genoa
sailing termssails, mast, anchor, hull, rigging

Opposites

nautical spar orientation

yardarmmast

Vessel's sail support

mainmast · foremast · mizzenmast · topmast · bowsprit

position on the yard

yardarmsling

Strap-based support or launcher

Family

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