English

Noun

sailyard ‎(plural sailyards)

1. (nautical) A yard to which the sails of a ship are bent.
2. (obsolete) One of the structural arms of a windmill to which the vanes or sails are attached.
3. (entomology, obsolete) An antenna of an insect.

References

• J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.