Talk:Halyard

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[edit] Jeer

Useful, I was redirected here from jeer and now there's no mention of it. - So what are the jeers? please (from my pic they look like they might hold up the masts somehow). Lucien86 (talk) 12:38, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

The term "Jeer" is actually "Jeer Capstan".  (an extra capstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast.) Hope that clears things up.  Skillsaw11 (talk) 12:08, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Jeer \Jeer\, n. [Cf. Gear.] (Naut.)

  (a) A gear; a tackle.
  (b) pl. An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting
      or lowering the lower yards of a ship.

  Jeer capstan (Naut.), an extra capstan usually placed
     between the foremast and mainmast.Skillsaw11 (talk) 12:39, 23 January 2008 (UTC)