bumkin
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See also: bumpkin
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]bumkin (plural bumkins)
- (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
[edit]- “bumkin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- The Kedge Anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant, William Brady, p85, →ISBN