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HALLIARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does halliard mean?
• HALLIARD (noun)
The noun HALLIARD has 1 sense:
1. a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag
Familiarity information: HALLIARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
halliard; halyard
Hypernyms ("halliard" is a kind of...):
rope (a strong line)
Context examples
“Cut the halliard! Haul her over! Lay her two courses to the wind!”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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