Either end of a ship’s horizontal wooden yard, the spar that a square sail is hung from; historically also a place condemned sailors could be hanged in naval punishments.
Related Terms: Rigging, Mast, Topsail
Either end of a ship’s horizontal wooden yard, the spar that a square sail is hung from; historically also a place condemned sailors could be hanged in naval punishments.
Related Terms: Rigging, Mast, Topsail