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ˈhæl yərdha·lyard

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. halyard, halliardnoun

    a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag

Wiktionary

  1. halyardnoun

    A rope used to raise or lower a sail, flag, spar or yard.

Wikipedia

  1. Halyard

    In sailing, a halyard or halliard is a line (rope) that is used to hoist a ladder, sail, flag or yard. The term halyard comes from the phrase "to haul yards". Halyards, like most other parts of the running rigging, were classically made of natural fibre like manila or hemp.

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  1. halyard

    A halyard is a rope or line used on a boat or ship to hoist or lower sails, flags, or yardarms. It derives from the term 'haul yard', referring to the action of hauling (pulling) the yard of a sail.

Wikidata

  1. Halyard

    In sailing, a halyard or halliard is a line that is used to hoist a sail, a flag or a yard. The term halyard comes from the phrase, 'to haul yards'. Halyards, like most other parts of the running rigging, were classically made of natural fibre like manila or hemp.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Halyard

    Halliard, hal′yard, n. (naut.) a rope or purchase for hoisting or lowering a sail, yard, or flag, named from their use or position, as 'peak-halyards,' 'signal-halyards,' &c. [Skeat explains it as hale and yard; more prob. merely hale-ier.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. halyard

    The rope for hoisting and lowering a flag. Written also halliard.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HALYARD

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Halyard is ranked #97671 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Halyard surname appeared 186 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Halyard.

    61.2% or 114 total occurrences were Black.
    27.9% or 52 total occurrences were White.
    8% or 15 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.6% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of halyard in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of halyard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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