noun
yards
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noun
1
The horizontal spars on a mast that hold up a square sail, and by extension the sail rigging as a whole.
"The crew scrambled up the rigging to reef the yards before the storm hit."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe wooden crossbeams on a sailing ship's masts that the sails hang from.
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The crew scrambled up the rigging to reef the _____ before the storm hit.