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Webster 1913 Edition

Halyard

Hal′yard

(hăl′yẽrd)

,

Noun.

[

Hale

,

Verb.

T.

+

yard

.]

(Naut.)

A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc.

[Written also

halliard

,

haulyard

.]

Definition 2024

halyard

halyard

English

Alternative forms

halliard

Noun

halyard ‎(plural halyards)

(nautical) A rope used to raise or lower a sail, flag, spar or yard.

Derived terms

main halyard

Translations

rope

Bulgarian: фал m ‎(fal)
Catalan: drissa f
Danish: fald n
Dutch: vlaggenlijn (nl) m, f
Finnish: nostin (fi), falli (fi)
French: drisse (fr) f
Icelandic: falur (is) m
Italian: drizza (it) f

Latin: anquina f
Maori: taura whakaara, whakaheke
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fall (no) n
Russian: фал (ru) m ‎(fal)
Swahili: jarari (sw)