English Explanatory Dictionary

foreyard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A yard in front; front yard
noun
  1. A yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.

Word forms

foreyard foreyards

Etymology

From Middle English forȝerd, equivalent to fore- + yard (“enclosure”). Compare German Vorgarten.

Synonyms

headyard
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