Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See boom.

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Examples

  • On both sides, between the fore and main shrouds, guys had been stretched, just low enough for the fore-boom to swing clear; and from each of these guys at least fifty bunches of bananas were suspended.

    THE HEATHEN 2010

  • On both sides, between the fore and main shrouds, guys had been stretched, just low enough for the fore-boom to swing clear; and from each of these guys at least fifty bunches of bananas were suspended.

    The Heathen 1914

  • On both sides, between the fore and main shrouds, guys had been stretched, just low enough for the fore-boom to swing clear; and from each of these guys at least fifty bunches of bananas were suspended.

    South Sea Tales: The Heathen(DL SunSITE) 1911

  • On both sides, between the fore and main shrouds, guys had been stretched, just low enough for the fore-boom to swing clear; and from each of these guys at least fifty bunches of bananas were suspended.

    The Heathen 1910

  • Let go that fore-boom tackle and pass it across, and when she's willing let go the sheet and come in snug with the tackle.

    Chapter 17 1904

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