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Definition of Spanker boom

Spanker boom
Spanker Spank"er, n. 1. One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking. 2. (Naut.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See Illust. under Sail. --Totten. 3. One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse. [Colloq.] 4. Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person. [Colloq.] Spanker boom (Naut.), a boom to which a spanker sail is attached. See Illust. of Ship.

Meaning of Spanker boom from wikipedia

- sail. On a schooner of four or more masts, the spanker is the sail on the mast nearest the stern. The spanker is a small sail, but as it is so far aft of...
- Shipyard in Bath, Maine. With a length of 450 ft (140 m) from jib-boom tip to spanker boom tip, Wyoming was the largest known wooden ship ever built. Because...
- method of measuring bowsprit including jibboom and out-board part of spanker boom if any have both no effect on the ship's length. The longest length for...
- south easterly gales. The barque was partially dismasted, losing her spanker boom, steering binnacle and the saloon deck skylight. The Loch Lomond's skipper...
- called the upper spanker and lower spanker. A fore-and-aft topsail may be carried above the upper or only spanker, and is called the gaff sail. To stop...
- appearing to threaten Kearsarge.) A hand-held white flag at Alabama's stern spanker boom finally halted the engagement. Prior to this, she had her steering gear...
- measured at 5,633 gross register tons (GRT) of cargo. Her masts, yards and spanker boom were made of steel tubing; lower mast and topmast were made in one piece...
- with gaff abaft the fore, with large staysails over and three jibs. Her spanker boom projected far beyond the stern."([3] Prince of Neuchatel) After her capture...
- gangway. Chesapeake's spanker boom then swung over the deck of the British ship. Mr Stevens, Shannon's boatswain, lashed the boom inboard to keep the two...
- steel: masts (lower and top mast were made in one piece) and spars (yard, spanker boom) were constructed of steel tubing, and most of the rigging was steel...