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halyard
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tags: [nautical]
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Definition:a rope or cord that is used to raise a flag or a sailthe etymology is from "haul" + "yard", where the "yard" refers to the yardarm, a.k.a. the yard
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we lay and smoked and yarned of old days, while overhead the wind screamed through the rigging and taut halyards drummed against the mast.
Jack London. John Barleycorn
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The ensign flapped heavily above us, halyard beating a rhythmic tattoo against the pole.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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a foot or two of sail hung even under water. I thought this made it still more dangerous; yet the strain was so heavy that I half feared to meddle. At last I got my knife and cut the halyards.
Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island (1883)
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