noun
: a light boom with jaws at one end that fit around the mast and a point at the other end that goes through the clew of the jib to wing it out when running before the wind
noun
: a light boom with jaws at one end that fit around the mast and a point at the other end that goes through the clew of the jib to wing it out when running before the wind
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012