bumkin
See also: bumpkin
English
Alternative forms
- boomkin
Noun
bumkin (plural bumkins)
- (nautical) A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.
References
- bumkin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- The Kedge Anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant, William Brady, p85, →ISBN