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Terms vs Bumkin - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and bumkin

is that terms is while 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.

terms

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Noun

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    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