yardarm: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- A horizontal spar mounted on a mast of a square-rigged ship from which sails are set; specifically the outer extremity of such a spar.
Examples
BetaThe sailor climbed up to the yardarm to adjust the sails before the storm hit.
El marinero subió al bauprés para ajustar las velas antes de que llegara la tormenta.
From the ship’s yardarm, the lookout spotted a distant vessel approaching rapidly.
Desde el bauprés del barco, el vigía divisó una embarcación distante acercándose rápidamente.
The captain ordered the crew to furl the sails along the yardarm as night fell.
El capitán ordenó a la tripulación recoger las velas a lo largo del bauprés al caer la noche.
We measured the length of the yardarm to ensure the new sails would fit properly.
Medimos la longitud del bauprés para asegurarnos de que las nuevas velas encajaran bien.
- A reference, literal or figurative, to execution by hanging from a ship's yardarm; used in historical or nautical contexts to denote punishment by hanging.
Examples
BetaThe mutineers threatened to hang the captain from the yardarm if he didn't surrender the ship.
Los amotinados amenazaron con colgar al capitán del bauprés si no entregaba el barco.
During the naval trial, the officer recounted how pirates were executed by hanging from the yardarm.
Durante el juicio naval, el oficial relató cómo los piratas eran ejecutados colgándolos del bauprés.
Legends tell of sailors who were punished by being yardarmed for acts of mutiny or treason.
Las leyendas hablan de marineros que fueron ejecutados colgándolos del bauprés por actos de motín o traición.
- Used in the idiomatic phrase 'around the yardarm' to indicate a customary time for having a drink, roughly late afternoon or early evening.
Examples
BetaAfter a long day at sea, the crew looked forward to a drink around the yardarm to unwind.
Después de un largo día en el mar, la tripulación esperaba tomar una copa al caer la tarde para relajarse.
Captain Smith declared it was time to have a round of grog around the yardarm before nightfall.
El capitán Smith declaró que era hora de tomar un trago alrededor del bauprés antes del anochecer.
We agreed to meet around the yardarm every evening during the voyage to share stories and drinks.
Acordamos reunirnos al caer la tarde cada noche durante el viaje para compartir historias y bebidas.
Examples:
- EN: Yes, he'd look remarkably well swinging from a yardarm, sir.ES: Sí, quedaría muy bien colgando de un palo, señor.
- EN: And tomorrow we may have the pleasure of seeing Silver hanging to a yardarm.ES: Mañana tendremos el placer de ver a Silver colgado de un palo.
- EN: Captain says we can hold a naval trial tomorrow and the squire says we can see you swinging from a yardarm.ES: El capitán dice que habrá un juicio mañana y el squire dice que podremos verlo colgado de un mástil.
- EN: Now, there I'll be, way out on that yardarm.ES: Ahí estaré, bajo ese palo.
- EN: I'll live to see you, all of you hanging from the highest yardarm in the British fleet!ES: ¡Viviré para verlos, a todos ustedes colgados del mas alto penol de la flota británica!
- EN: We'll see Portsmouth again and we'll see Fletcher Christian hanging from a yardarm and every pirate with him.ES: Veremos Portsmouth de nuevo y veremos a Fletcher Christian colgado de un penol y cada pirata con él.
- EN: A yardarm.ES: Un penol.
- EN: Unless he's hanging from a yardarm, not one of His Majesty's ships is safe.ES: Hasta que no esté colgando de un penol, ninguna nave de Su Majestad estará a salvo.
- EN: Well, Sir Henry, do we run him through hang him... from the yardarm... or start dancing the minuet?ES: ¿Lo atravesamos con la espada, lo colgamos de un mástil... o nos ponemos a bailar el minué?
- EN: I don't know which I'd rather see hanging from a yardarm, you or Leech.ES: No sé a quién prefiero ver colgar de la horca: A usted o a Leech.
- EN: I'll have those devils swinging from the yardarm for this.ES: Colgaré a esos endemoniados del palo mayor por esto.
- EN: I'll hoist him from the yardarm... and let the crows pick out his eyes.ES: ¡Lo colgaré del palo mayor y dejaré que los cuervos le saquen los ojos!
- EN: Why you could have charged him of robbery and turned him off to the yardarm...ES: No debemos ser impetuosos.
- EN: - Let's hang him from the yardarm.ES: Colguémosle del mástil.
- EN: He's come to hang us from a yardarm.ES: Han venido a colgarnos de una soga.
- EN: Yes, he'd look remarkably well swinging from a yardarm, sir.ES: Sí, quedaría muy bien colgando de un palo, señor.
- EN: And tomorrow we may have the pleasure of seeing Silver hanging to a yardarm.ES: Mañana tendremos el placer de ver a Silver colgado de un palo.
- EN: Captain says we can hold a naval trial tomorrow and the squire says we can see you swinging from a yardarm.ES: El capitán dice que habrá un juicio mañana y el squire dice que podremos verlo colgado de un mástil.
- EN: Now, there I'll be, way out on that yardarm.ES: Ahí estaré, bajo ese palo.
- EN: I'll live to see you, all of you hanging from the highest yardarm in the British fleet!ES: ¡Viviré para verlos, a todos ustedes colgados del mas alto penol de la flota británica!
- EN: We'll see Portsmouth again and we'll see Fletcher Christian hanging from a yardarm and every pirate with him.ES: Veremos Portsmouth de nuevo y veremos a Fletcher Christian colgado de un penol y cada pirata con él.
- EN: A yardarm.ES: Un penol.
- EN: Unless he's hanging from a yardarm, not one of His Majesty's ships is safe.ES: Hasta que no esté colgando de un penol, ninguna nave de Su Majestad estará a salvo.
- EN: Well, Sir Henry, do we run him through hang him... from the yardarm... or start dancing the minuet?ES: ¿Lo atravesamos con la espada, lo colgamos de un mástil... o nos ponemos a bailar el minué?
- EN: I don't know which I'd rather see hanging from a yardarm, you or Leech.ES: No sé a quién prefiero ver colgar de la horca: A usted o a Leech.
- EN: I'll have those devils swinging from the yardarm for this.ES: Colgaré a esos endemoniados del palo mayor por esto.
- EN: I'll hoist him from the yardarm... and let the crows pick out his eyes.ES: ¡Lo colgaré del palo mayor y dejaré que los cuervos le saquen los ojos!
- EN: Why you could have charged him of robbery and turned him off to the yardarm...ES: No debemos ser impetuosos.
- EN: - Let's hang him from the yardarm.ES: Colguémosle del mástil.
- EN: He's come to hang us from a yardarm.ES: Han venido a colgarnos de una soga.
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