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Word: Bumkin
Speech Type: Noun
early 17th century; earliest use found in Admiralty Court Oyer & Terminer Inquest. Apparently from boom (although this is first attested slightly later with reference to spars on a ship) + -kin
Any short spar projecting from the hull of a ship or boat to allow a line to be extended beyond the hull; especially (a) each of two short spars that project from each side of the bow of a ship to extend the lower edge of the foresail to windward; (b) a similar spar used to extend the mainsail or mizzensail in the same way; (c) (later) a short spar extending aft from the stern, used to hold a backstay in place.
- boomkin
- bumpkin
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