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fore-yard
▪ I. fore-yard1 (ˈfɔəjɑːd) [f. fore- prefix + yard1.] The yard or court in front of a building.1388 Wyclif Ezek. x. 4 The halle [v.r. forȝerde; L. atrium]. 1420–30 Lay-Folks' Prayer Bk. (E.E.T.S.) 46 In the forȝerdis of the hous of oure God. 1699 S. Sewall Diary 21 June (1878) I. 498 A Pack of Cards... Oxford English Dictionary
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foregarth
foregarth dial. (ˈfɔəgɑːθ) [a. ON. forgarð-r, f. for-, fore- + garð-r garth (= OE. ᵹeard yard).] = fore-yard1.1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 137 The helme in the foregarth will doe somethinge more then shelter three waines. 1684 MS. Indenture (Yorksh.), All that cottage, foregarth and little close. Oxford English Dictionary
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HMS Danae (1798)
The court martial on 2 September sentenced Barnet to death; he was hanged from the fore-yard arm of Pique on 9 September. wikipedia.org
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Lord William Bentinck (1828 Yarmouth ship)
While sailing to Hobart via Manila in 1853 she encountered a storm that carried away her fore-yard, and her top-sail was blown out of the bolt-ropes. wikipedia.org
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port-last
ˈport-last Naut. ? Obs. Also 7 portlasse, -lesse, 8–9 (erron.) portland. [Original form and derivation obscure: cf. portlof.] Of uncertain meaning: explained, from 1704, as the gunwale of a ship. Chiefly in phrase (down) a portlast: said of a yard.1633 T. James Voy. 11 The Portlesse of the Fore-Cast... Oxford English Dictionary
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HMS Donegal (1798)
After the battle, Donegal had lost her fore-yard and had 12 killed and 33 wounded. wikipedia.org
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jeer
▪ I. jeer, n.1 Naut. (dʒɪə(r)) Forms: 5 iere, 7 ieare, ieere, 7–8 gear, 8–9 geer, jear, 7– jeer. [Origin unascertained.] Tackle for hoisting and lowering the lower yards. (Usually in pl.)1495 Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 188 Jeres for the Mayne takell. Ibid. 206 There is employed..iij hausers of vj yn... Oxford English Dictionary
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HMS Pickle (1800)
Pickle sailed from Plymouth again on 28 December and returned on 31 January 1804, having lost her main-topmast and fore-yard in a gale on the 19th. wikipedia.org
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HMS Dryad (1795)
Dryad had lost her fore-yard and the two ships assisted each other towards Cork when an off-shore gale forced them to head for Plymouth. wikipedia.org
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sling
▪ I. sling, n.1 (slɪŋ) Forms: α. 4– sling (4 scling), 4, 6 slinge, 4–6 slyng(e, 5 sclyng(e; 4 sleng(e. β. Sc. 5 slong, 6 sloung, 5–6, 9 slung. [app. of Continental origin, but the precise source is not clear. The forms in the cognate languages which correspond most closely to the usual sling are MLG... Oxford English Dictionary
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HMS Temeraire (1798)
Another broadside from Neptune brought down Temeraires fore-yard and main topmast, and damaged her fore mast and bowsprit. wikipedia.org
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sway
▪ I. sway, n. (sweɪ) Forms: 4–5 sweighe, 4–5, 8 sweigh, 4–6 (9 dial.) swey, 5 swegh, sweyh, sweyȝ, swyȝe, 5–6 sweygh, 6 swaie, swaye, swaigh(e, swea, suey, suai, 8–9 dial. swee, swye, 6– sway. [In branch I f. sway v.; with sense 1 cf. EFris. swei movement in a curve. In branch II partly of different... Oxford English Dictionary
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Nautical operations
, bands of crew responsible for setting sails on the three masts; a band of sheet-anchor men, whose station was forward and whose job was to tend the fore-yard wikipedia.org
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meete
▪ I. meet, n. (miːt) [f. meet v.] 1. a. The meeting of hounds and men in preparation for a hunt. Also, by extension, applied to other kinds of sporting meetings (e.g. of coaches, cyclists).1831–4 R. S. Surtees Jorrock's Jaunts (1838) 39 They overtook a gentleman perusing a long bill of the meets for... Oxford English Dictionary
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loose
▪ I. loose, n. (luːs) Also 6 lose, lowse, 7 lewse, 8 louse. [f. loose v. and a.] 1. Archery. The act of discharging an arrow1519 W. Horman Vulg. 283 b, Geue a smarte lose with thyn arowe and thy stryng. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 160 b, In the loose of the stryng..the..arowe is caryed to the ... Oxford English Dictionary
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