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Definition of yardarm noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

yardarm

noun

/ˈjɑːdɑːm/

/ˈjɑːrdɑːrm/

(specialist)

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either end of the long piece of wood fastened to a ship’s mast that supports a sail

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