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Meaning of YARDS
YARDS means: TRAIN YARDS WHERE TRAINS ARE STORED AND PARKED AND WHERE WRITERS BOMB
Meaning of YARDS
YARDS means: TRAIN YARDS WHERE TRAINS ARE STORED AND PARKED AND WHERE WRITERS BOMB
Meaning of full nine yards
full nine yards means: Phrs. The complete amount. Less common variation on 'the whole nine yards'. Much speculation as to its origins but essentially unknown. [Orig. U.S.]
Meaning of FEET AND YARDS
FEET AND YARDS means: Feet and yards is London Cockney rhyming slang for playing cards.
Meaning of Man the Yards
Man the Yards means: On square:rigged ships, a form of ceremonial salute to honor the visit of a high official. The yards were lined by men standing upon them, and there was also a man standing on the truck of each topgallant mast.
Meaning of Square Rigger
Square Rigger means: Large ships dating back to the 17th century typically with three masts carrying rectangular sails mounted on horizontal spars called yards. A sailing:ship rig with rectangular sails set approximately at right angles to the keel line from horizontal yards.
Meaning of Scandalize
Scandalize means: A method of reducing sail in a fore:and:aft rig by hauling up the tack and lowering the peak of a sail. It was used by older sailing trawlers to reduce speed through the water while operating a trawl. Also the yards in a square:rigged ship are said to be scandalized when they are not set square to the masts after the ship has anchored. Scandalizing the yards of a ship was a sign of mourning for a death on board.
Meaning of YARDS
YARDS means: Montagnard soldiers. Pg. 523
Meaning of SQUEEZERS
SQUEEZERS means: Car-retarding system used in some railroad yards
Meaning of Gasket
Gasket means: Ties used to tie up the sails when they are furled to the boom or yards.
Meaning of all-T-Taint-O
all-T-Taint-O means: fully rigged masts and yards (see tant)
Meaning of Topmen
Topmen means: Seamen who worked on the masts and yards of square:rigged ships.
Meaning of collar
collar means: place where a fishing boat is anchored for the night or “Sunday”, just a few yards from the stage
Meaning of Crack On
Crack On means: To carry sail to the full limit of strength of masts, yards, and tackles.
Meaning of Lifts
Lifts means: On square:rigged ships, the lines which are lead from the masthead to the ends of the yards to support them.
