sailyard

sailyard
A yard to which the sails of a ship are bent.

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  • sailyard — /sayl yahrd /, n. a yard for a sail. [bef. 900; ME seylyarde, OE seglgyrd. See SAIL, YARD1] * * * …   Universalium

  • sailyard — n. yard for a sail …   English contemporary dictionary

  • sailyard — /ˈseɪljad/ (say saylyahd) noun a spar on which sails are extended. {sail + yard1 (def. 2) …  

  • sailyard — /sayl yahrd /, n. a yard for a sail. [bef. 900; ME seylyarde, OE seglgyrd. See SAIL, YARD1] …   Useful english dictionary

  • antenna — antennal, adj. /an ten euh/, n., pl. antennas for 1, antennae / ten ee/ for 2. 1. a conductor by which electromagnetic waves are sent out or received, consisting commonly of a wire or set of wires; aerial. 2. Zool. one of the jointed, movable,… …   Universalium

  • roband — /rob euhnd/, n. Naut. a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like. [1755 65; < D raband, equiv. to ra sailyard + band BAND2] * * * …   Universalium

  • antenna — (L). A sailyard …   Dictionary of word roots and combining forms

  • antenna — an•ten•na [[t]ænˈtɛn ə[/t]] n. pl. ten•nas, ten•nae [[t] ˈtɛn i[/t]] 1) elm a conductor by which electromagnetic waves are sent out or received, consisting commonly of a wire or set of wires often attached to metal rods; aerial 2) one of the… …   From formal English to slang

  • antenna — /ænˈtɛnə / (say an tenuh) noun (plural antennae /ænˈtɛni/ (say an tenee) for def. 1, antennas for def. 2) 1. Zoology one of the jointed appendages occurring in pairs on the heads of insects, crustaceans, etc., often called feelers. 2. a. an… …  

  • roband — /ˈrɒbənd/ (say robuhnd), /ˈroʊbənd/ (say rohbuhnd) noun a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like. Also, robbin, robin. {southern form answering to northern English raband, from Dutch rā… …  

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