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Jackyard. World English Historical Dictionary

Jackyard. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1901, rev. 2025. Jackyard Naut. [See JACK sb.1 33 b.] A spar used in fore and aft rigged craft, chiefly yachts, to spread the foot of a large gaff-topsail out beyond the peak. Also attrib.

1 1882.  Standard, 11 Aug., 6/6. Lorna and Chittywee last, the latter with a large jackyardtopsail set.

2 1896.  Daily News, 18 Aug., 3. All carried jackyards above their mainsails.

3   Hence Jackyarder, a jackyard topsail.

4 1892.  Daily News, 8 Aug., 3/7. They [the yachts] reached out the river under full lower canvas, jackyarders and jib topsails.

5 1894.  Times, 24 July, 10/2. It was astounding that Britannia with jackyarder aloft came scathless out of the squall.

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