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Webster 1913 Edition
Bumkin
Bum′kin
,Noun.
(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.
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)
- (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