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Bumkin vs Rumkin - What's the difference?

bumkin | rumkin |

As nouns the difference between bumkin and rumkin

is that bumkin is (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 while rumkin is (obsolete|humorous) a drinking vessel.

bumkin

English

Alternative forms

* boomkin

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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

    * * The Kedge Anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant, William Brady, p85, ISBN: 0486419924

    rumkin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, humorous) A drinking vessel.
    • (Webster 1913)