boomkin

/ ˈbuːmkɪn /

noun

1. nautical a short boom projecting from the deck of a ship, used to secure the main-brace blocks or to extend the lower edge of the foresail

Word History and Origins

Origin of boomkin¹

C17: from Dutch boomken , from boom tree; see beam , -kin

Example Sentences

Also, any spar, as the boomkin, for the fore-tack, or the jigger abaft to haul out the mizen-sheet, or extend the leading blocks of the main braces.

From Project Gutenberg

They support the bowsprit in the same way that other shrouds support the masts.—Bumkin or boomkin shrouds.

From Project Gutenberg

“Take a well-grown bean-pod,” he says, “and put it on its convex edge, and then put two little sticks, one in the centre and one at the bows, raking forward, for the masts, and another in the bows, steeving up, for the bowsprit, and another astern for a boomkin or outrigger, and then you have before you the boat in question.”

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