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Webster 1913 Edition

Bumkin

Bum′kin

,
Noun.
[
Boom
a beam +
-kin
. See
Bumpkin
.]
(Naut.)
A projecting beam or boom; as:
(a)
One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin.
(b)
One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called
brace bumpkin
.
(c)
A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen.
[Written also
boomkin
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Bumkin

BUM'KIN

,
Noun.
[See Bumpkin.] A short boom projecting from each bow of a ship, to extend the clue of the foresail to windward.
1.
A small out-rigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizen.

Definition 2024

bumkin

bumkin

See also: bumpkin

English

Alternative forms

Noun

bumkin ‎(plural bumkins)

  1. (nautical) A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.

References

  • bumkin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • The Kedge Anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant, William Brady, p85, ISBN 0486419924

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