yardarm to: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  British Englishmaritime Englishnauticalarchaicinformal
  • A prepositional construction used to mark two yardarms as endpoints, meaning from one yardarm to another; across the breadth or length of a vessel.
  • Used figuratively to indicate spanning or extending between two corresponding points or extremes.

  Examples

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  • The ship's guns were mounted yardarm to yardarm to maximize their firing range across the vessel.

    Los cañones del barco estaban montados de bauprés a bauprés para maximizar su alcance de disparo a lo largo del barco.

  • We measured the canvas from yardarm to yardarm to ensure it would cover the full width of the mast.

    Medimos la lona de bauprés a bauprés para asegurarnos de que cubriera todo el ancho del mástil.

  • The royal flag was stretched yardarm to yardarm, proudly displayed during the naval parade.

    La bandera real fue extendida de bauprés a bauprés, mostrada con orgullo durante el desfile naval.

  • From yardarm to yardarm, the crew lined the deck preparing for the ceremonial salute.

    De bauprés a bauprés, la tripulación alineó la cubierta preparando el saludo ceremonial.