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sailyard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sai-l-yard
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A yard (spar or shaft) to which the sails of a ship are bent (tied or fastened to).

noun

One of the structural arms of a windmill to which the vanes or sails are attached.

Obsolete

noun

An antenna of an insect.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English saylyerde, sailyerd, seilȝerd, from Old English seġlġyrd, seġelġyrd (“sailyard”), from Proto-West Germanic *seglagaʀdī and *seglagaʀd (“sailyard, mast”, literally “sail-rod, sail-staff”), equivalent to sail + yard (“staff, rod, stick”). Cognate with German Segelgerte.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: saylyerde, seġlġyrd, *seglagaʀdī

Usage

Inflected Forms

sailyards (plural)

Questions

What does sailyard mean?
A yard (spar or shaft) to which the sails of a ship are bent (tied or fastened to).
Where does sailyard come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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