- halyard halliard
- noun (C) technical a rope used to raise or lower a flag or sail
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halliard — var. of HALYARD. * * * noun a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag • Syn: ↑halyard • Hypernyms: ↑rope * * * variant of halyard * * * /hal yeuhrd/, n. halyard. * * * halliard see halyard … Useful english dictionary
halliard — Halyard Hal yard (h[a^]l y[ e]rd), n. [Hale, v. t. + yard.] (Naut.) A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc. [Written also {halliard}, {haulyard}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Halliard — Hal liard (h[a^]l y[ e]rd), n. See {Halyard}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
halliard — [hal′yərd] n. alt. sp. of HALYARD … English World dictionary
Halyard — Hal yard (h[a^]l y[ e]rd), n. [Hale, v. t. + yard.] (Naut.) A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc. [Written also {halliard}, {haulyard}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Halyard — In sailing, a halyard or halliard is a line (rope) that is used to hoist (pull up) a sail, a flag or a yard. The term Halyard comes from the phrase to Haul yards . Halyards, like most other parts of the running rigging, were classically made of… … Wikipedia
halliard — /hal yeuhrd/, n. halyard. * * * … Universalium
halyard — /hal yeuhrd/, n. any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a spar, sail, flag, etc., into position for use. Also, halliard. [1325 75; ME halier rope to haul with (see HALE2, IER1) with final syllable altered by assoc. with YARD1] * * * … Universalium
halliard — hal·liard || hælɪə(r)d n. rope for raising or lowering a flag or sail (also halyard) … English contemporary dictionary
halyard — hal·yard || hælɪə(r)d n. rope for raising or lowering a flag or sail (also halliard) … English contemporary dictionary
