halyard

English

Alternative forms

halliard

Etymology

Compare lanyard and stilliard/steelyard.

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)

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