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Definition of boom
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of boom is as below...
Boom (n.) A
strong
chain
cable,
or line of spars bound
together,
extended
across
a river or the mouth of a
harbor,
to
obstruct
navigation
or
passage..
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Boom
::
Boom (v. i.) To make a
hollow
sound,
as of waves or
cannon..
Boomer
::
Boomer
(n.) One who, or that
which,
booms..
Cannonade
::
Cannonade
(n.) Fig.; A loud noise like a
cannonade;
a
booming.
Silverboom
::
Silverboom
(n.) See
Leucadendron.
Boomkin
::
Boomkin
(n.) Same as
Bumkin.
Throat
::
Throat
(n.) The upper fore
corner
of a
boom-and-gaff
sail, or of a
staysail..
Catboat
::
Catboat
(n.) A small
sailboat,
with a
single
mast
placed
as far
forward
as
possible,
carring
a sail
extended
by a gaff and long boom. See
Illustration
in
Appendix..
Bill
::
Bill (n.) The bell, or boom, of the
bittern.
Guest Rope
::
Guest rope () The line by which a boat makes fast to the
swinging
boom.
Boom
::
Boom (n.) A long pole or spar, run out for the
purpose
of
extending
the
bottom
of a
particular
sail; as, the jib boom, the
studding-sail
boom, etc..
Water Sail
::
Water sail () A small sail
sometimes
set under a
studding
sail or under a
driver
boom, and
reaching
nearly
to the
water..
Tack
::
Tack (v. t.) A rope used to hold in place the
foremost
lower
corners
of the
courses
when the
vessel
is
closehauled
(see
Illust.
of
Ship);
also, a rope
employed
to pull the lower
corner
of a
studding
sail to the
boom..
Jibe
::
"Jibe (v. i.) To
shift,
as the boom of a
fore-and-aft
sail, from one side of a
vessel
to the other when the wind is aft or on the
quarter.
See
Gybe..
Boom
::
Boom (v. i.) To rush with
violence
and
noise,
as a ship under a press of sail,
before
a free
wind..
Sloop
::
Sloop (n.) A
vessel
having
one mast and
fore-and-aft
rig,
consisting
of a
boom-and-gaff
mainsail,
jibs,
staysail,
and gaff
topsail.
The
typical
sloop has a fixed
bowsprit,
topmast,
and
standing
rigging,
while those of a
cutter
are
capable
of being
readily
shifted.
The sloop
usually
carries
a
centerboard,
and
depends
for
stability
upon
breadth
of beam
rather
than depth of keel. The two types have
rapidly
approximated
since 1880. One
radical
distinction
is that a slop may carry a
centerboard.
See
Boomorah
::
Boomorah
(n.) A small West
African
chevrotain
(Hyaemoschus
aquaticus),
resembling
the musk
deer..
Boomed
::
Boomed
(imp. & p. p.) of Boo.
Boomer
::
Boomer
(n.) A large male
kangaroo.
Gybe
::
Gybe (v. t. & i.) To shift from one side of a
vessel
to the
other;
-- said of the boom of a
fore-and-aft
sail when the
vessel
is
steered
off the wind until the sail fills on the
opposite
side.
Horn
::
Horn (n.) The outer end of a
crosstree;
also, one of the
projections
forming
the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc..
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