HALYARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does halyard mean? 

• HALYARD (noun)
  The noun HALYARD has 1 sense:

1. a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag

  Familiarity information: HALYARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HALYARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

halliard; halyard

Hypernyms ("halyard" is a kind of...):

rope (a strong line)

 Context examples 

I had forgotten to make provision for a flag-halyard.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

This manœuvre of getting under way I had studied and worked out a score of times; and, with the jib-halyard to the windlass, I knew Maud was capable of hoisting that most necessary sail.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)