vargord means A spar or bar used instead of a bowline. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.
Etymology
Most possibly originating from Cornish dialect. The Oxford English Dictionary traces the term vargood back to 1726 in the writing of Samuel Penhallow, politician and historian.
noun
- A spar or bar used instead of a bowline.“I think the five reefs on the foresail may be a mistake, the two upper cringles serving really for the vargord — not shown. There seem to be two bowlines to the mainsail.”