Definition of Haulyard

1. halyard [n -S] - See also: halyard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haulyard

hauling
haulm
haulmier
haulmiest
haulms
haulmy
hauls
haulse
haulsed
haulses
haulsing
haulst
hault
haulyard (current term)
haulyards
haum
haums
haunce
haunced
haunces
haunch
haunched
haunches
haunching
hauncing
haunt
haunted

Literary usage of Haulyard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plays and Poems by Tobias George Smollett (1777)
"haulyard, If it wa'n't for fuch as you that mew your own country the fore top-fail, wold our enemy's cable, ..."

2. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1856)
"1 of the engravings on page 217, represents, in section, the two yards before alluded to, with the chain tye or haulyard leading under the revolving yard, ..."

3. The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry for (1803)
"TOM haulyard saw his youngest fall, And rush'd to save his darling's corpse. ... TOM haulyard was a Seaman bold, Yet might he weep his ..."

4. The Naval Chronicle by Stephen Jones, James Stanier Clarke (1799)
"These flags, with the sticks attached to their upper edges, are in the first instance run up by the haulyard from duck in a vertical manner to the mast head ..."

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