yardarm

Noun

Meaning

Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard, from the center or mast to the end.

Source: Webster's dictionary

design cause hanger border aim consequence conclusion alongside completion closure demise hook mast butt mizzenmast

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Stubb and Flask kill a right whale whose head is fastened to a yardarm opposite the sperm whale's head. Source: Internet

He falls into the head, and the head falls off the yardarm into the sea. Source: Internet

He is now known for hanging the governor of Martinique from the yardarm of his ship. Source: Internet