Yacht. (Pronounced yot.) A vessel of pleasure or state.
Yard. (See Plate 1.) A long piece of timber, tapering slightly toward the ends, and hung by the centre to a mast, to spread the square sails upon.
Yard-arm. The extremities of a yard.
Yard-arm and yard-arm. The situation of two vessels, lying alongside one another, so near that their yard-arms cross or touch.
Yarn. (See Rope-yarn.)
Yaw. The motion of a vessel when she goes off from her course.
Yeoman. A man employed in a vessel of war to take charge of a storeroom; as, boatswain's yeoman, the man that has charge of the stores, of rigging, &c.
Yoke. A piece of wood placed across the head of a boat's rudder, with a rope attached to each end, by which the boat is steered.
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