Definitions
A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff.
Used in a sentence
“You've forgot to pass the tack-earing, but wid time and help ye'll larn. There's good and just reason for ivry rope aboard, or else 'twould be overboard. D'ye follow me?”
“For these two yeeres hath the famine bene in the land: and yet there are fiue yeeres, in the which there shall neither be earing nor haruest.”
“Sixe dayes thou shalt worke, but on the seuenth day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in haruest thou shalt rest.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Yard-corner line”6 letters
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