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Definition of Bumkin

1. n. A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen.

Definition of Bumkin

1. 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. ¹

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Definition of Bumkin

1. a ship's spar [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bumkin

Literary usage of Bumkin

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1. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"bumkin-braces are now generally chain ; one is hooked to the bow, and two to the cutwater ; and set up with a lanyard rove through span-shackles in their ..."

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