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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HALYARD

Halier, influenced by yard1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HALYARD

halyard  [ˈhæljəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALYARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Halyard is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HALYARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

halyard

Halyard

In sailing, a halyard or halliard is a line that is used to hoist a ladder, 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.

Definition of halyard in the English dictionary

The definition of halyard in the dictionary is a line for hoisting or lowering a sail, flag, or spar.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HALYARD


billiard
ˈbɪljəd
Fayed
ˈfaɪjəd
galliard
ˈɡæljəd
goliard
ˈɡəʊljəd
halliard
ˈhæljəd
laniard
ˈlænjəd
lanyard
ˈlænjəd
poniard
ˈpɒnjəd
Spaniard
ˈspænjəd
vineyard
ˈvɪnjəd
whinyard
ˈwɪnjəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALYARD

halser
halt
halt sign
halter
halterbreak
haltere
halterneck
halting
haltingly
haltingness
haltless
Halton
halutz
halutzim
halva
halvah
halve
halver
halves

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALYARD

back yard
backyard
ballyard
barnyard
Bayard
courtyard
dockyard
graveyard
junkyard
kailyard
Layard
lumberyard
naval dockyard
navy yard
railway yard
schoolyard
shipyard
steelyard
willyard
yard

Synonyms and antonyms of halyard in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «halyard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALYARD

Find out the translation of halyard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of halyard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «halyard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

张帆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

driza
570 millions of speakers

English

halyard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

halyard
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حبل الراية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adriça
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাল পতাকা প্রভৃতি টাঙ্গানর বা নামানর দড়ি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

drisse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Halyard
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fall
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハリヤード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사례
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Halyard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dây dùng để kéo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொடியை ஏற்றவும் இறக்கவும் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் கயிறு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेलॅंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kandilisa
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

drizza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fał
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Halyard
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπέρας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hijskraan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lina
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halyard
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of halyard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALYARD»

The term «halyard» is regularly used and occupies the 104.552 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALYARD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about halyard

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALYARD»

Discover the use of halyard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to halyard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fire Engineering's Handbook for Firefighter I and II
Other departments tie ladders closed with the extra halyard tied or looped around the rungs. In these cases, the halyard must be untied and unwrapped from the rungs to permit raising of the fly section. Because the halyard is behind the ladder  ...
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Steve Colgate on Sailing
Also, the bitter end (the last end of a rope) of each halyard should be secured so that you can just let the halyard go to get on to the next emergency and know that the halyard won't be lost up the mast. Always coil a line clockwise.
Stephen Colgate, Marcia Wiley, 1990
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Red Tails: The Tuskegee Airmen and Operation Halyard: An ...
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA
Gregory A. Freeman, 2011
4
Cruising World
James Floria What sailor hasn't at some time lost the end of a halyard only to find it out of reach, perhaps at the masthead? Even if this happens at the mooring or tied up at the dock, someone must make the trip up the mast to retrieve it.
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MotorBoating
Now uncleat the main halyard, but be careful in handling the coil. It must not be thrown aside, any old way, but cleared for running by being placed neatly right side up, so that the halyard leads from the top and will run out without snarling.
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Why Didn't I Think of That?: 1,198 Tips from 222 Sailors on ...
Flag halyards 76 To help keep flags away from your sails, seize a sturdy nylon ring to the upper shrouds a foot or so below the spreader and run one lead of the flag halyard through the nylon ring. Then, hoist the flag to the nylon ring. Halyard  ...
Susan Roberts, 1997
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The Capable Cruiser
q Rigging vise (optional, but it has earned us some funds as we cruised) • Spare blocks with swivels or beckets (at least two to fit largest line used on board) • Two lengths of low-stretch Dacron line long enough to replace your longest halyard ...
Lin and Larry Pardey
8
How to Trim Sails
MAIN HALYARD It is basically true to say that a mainsail is only drawing at its best when it has no creases. The only exceptions occur with some racing-class boats under extreme wind conditions (more about that in the chapter on dinghy rigs).
Peter Schweer, 2006
9
Good Boatkeeping: 2,700 Ways to Improve Life Afloat
To replace an internal halyard, sew together the ends of the old and the new halyard. Pull the new one through, then cut away the old one. (With the ends sewn, there's no bump in the line, so it can pass through the sheave at the masthead.) ...
Zora Aiken, David Aiken, 2005
10
Player Piano
“Drive on," said Halyard. He had seen a similar miracle cure of an Ecuadorian brigadier's hives. The girl seemed restless and unhappy, and utterly out of character, Halyard thought. She smiled constantly, unconvincingly, and was apparently ...
Kurt Vonnegut, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALYARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term halyard is used in the context of the following news items.
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Short Interest Update of Halyard Health, Inc. (NYSE:HYH)
Halyard Health, Inc. (NYSE:HYH) stated gains of 196,062 shares or 3.1% in the short interest. The short interest registered from 6,231,539 on ... «News Watch International, Jul 15»
2
Enteral Feeding Devices Market by Product, Stage, Application …
KGaA (Germany), Covidien PLC (Ireland), Abbott Laboratories (U.S.), Halyard Health, Inc. (U.S.), B. Braun Melsungen AG (Germany), Boston ... «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»
3
SEAWARD MANAGEMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Top 10 13F …
... 50 (ADRE) and Halyard Health Inc. These securities constituted 0.03%, 0.02%, 0.01%, 0.01% and 0.01% of the fund's portfolio, respectively. «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
4
On Patrol – Week ending July 3, 2015
The main Halyard and two stainless steel snaps were replaced on the flagpole. The person completed the unnecessary repairs and left. «Longboat Key News, Jul 15»
5
Analyzing PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP Positions in Q2 …
... Halyard Health Inc, Linkedin Corp (LNKD), Wells Fargo Advantage Income Opportunities Fd (EAD) and Wisconsin Energy Corp Com (WEC). «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
6
Highlights of S&CO INC Q2 2015 13F Positions
This fund got rid of its stakes in Abbvie Inc (ABBV), Wisconsin Energy Corp Com (WEC) and Halyard Health Inc. These stocks constituted ... «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
7
Halyard Health Raised to "Hold" at Zacks (HYH)
Halyard Health Inc logo Zacks upgraded shares of Halyard Health (NYSE:HYH) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a report released on Friday, ... «WKRB News, Jul 15»
8
Transatlantic Race: War Stories of the Giants
They were further hampered by sailing for the last 30 hours unable to use their big headsails because their halyard box had pulled off the mast ... «Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Jul 15»
9
Analyst Rating Update on Halyard Health, Inc.
Research firm Zacks has rated Halyard Health Inc. Common Sto (NYSE:HYH) and has ranked it at 4, indicating that for the short term the shares ... «Insider Trading Report, Jul 15»
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Zacks Rating on Halyard Health, Inc.
As much as 2 analysts have advised buy on Halyard Health, Inc. (NYSE:HYH) with an average broker rating of 2. Zacks research analysts are ... «American Trade Journal, Jul 15»

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