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Halliard

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Variant of halyard.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative spelling of halyard.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. See halyard.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. See halyard.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag

Word Usage

"A staysail halliard parted and the sail drifted down to drag in the sea until a rush of seamen went forrard along the bowsprit to pull it in and attach a new halliard."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

rope

Variant

halyard

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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