noun
Usage: usually capitalized 1st B
Etymology: after J.A. Bentinck, its inventor
: a boom used to stretch the foot of the foresail in some small square-rigged ships
noun
Usage: usually capitalized 1st B
Etymology: after J.A. Bentinck, its inventor
: a boom used to stretch the foot of the foresail in some small square-rigged ships
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012