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boomkin

/ ˈbuːmkɪn /

noun

  1. nautical a short boom projecting from the deck of a ship, used to secure the main-brace blocks or to extend the lower edge of the foresail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of boomkin1

C17: from Dutch boomken , from boom tree; see beam , -kin
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Example Sentences

Weather tack of the fore-sail hauled to the fore-boomkin when on a wind.

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