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Yardarm vs Forebrace - What's the difference?

yardarm | forebrace |

In nautical terms the difference between yardarm and forebrace

is that yardarm is the outer end of a yard, often equipped with blocks for reeving signal halyards while forebrace is a rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.

yardarm

English

Alternative forms

* yard-arm

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) The outer end of a yard, often equipped with blocks for reeving signal halyards.

    • Derived terms

    () * when the sun is over the yardarm * yardarm and yardarm, yardarm to yardarm * yardarm it * yardarm to, yardarm with

    See also

    * yard

    forebrace

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.
    • (Webster 1913)