English Explanatory Dictionary

sailyard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A yard (spar or shaft) to which the sails of a ship are bent (tied or fastened to).
  2. One of the structural arms of a windmill to which the vanes or sails are attached.
  3. An antenna of an insect.

Word forms

sailyard sailyards

Etymology

From Middle English saylyerde, sailyerd, seilȝerd, from Old English seġlġyrd, seġelġyrd (“sailyard”), from Proto-West Germanic *seglagaʀdī and *seglagaʀd (“sailyard, mast”, literally “sail-rod, sail-staff”), equivalent to sail + yard (“staff, rod, stick”). Cognate with German Segelgerte.

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