Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Halyard

Halyard (hal"yẽrd) , noun

[Hale, transitive verb + yard.]

(Nautical) A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc.

Text from the public-domain GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, derived from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913). Definitions marked with were added by later GCIDE contributors and are not in the original 1913 edition.

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