Home › Words › Y › yardsnapyardsnapyardsnap means A strap equipped with snaps at the outer end of a yard for securing signal halyards.EtymologyFrom yard + snap.nounA strap equipped with snaps at the outer end of a yard for securing signal halyards.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.sailyard 61% match — A yard (spar or shaft) to which the sails of a ship are bent (tied or fastened to). vs yardsnap →halyard 59% match — A rope used to raise or lower a sail, flag, spar or yard. vs yardsnap →earing 57% match — A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff. vs yardsnap →snotter 57% match — A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat. vs yardsnap →jackyard 57% match — A spar at the top of a mast that supports a topsail vs yardsnap →headyard 55% match — Foreyard. vs yardsnap →yardwand 53% match — A yardstick. vs yardsnap →yardage 53% match — An amount or length measured in yards. vs yardsnap →