bumkin (English, noun)
expansion: bumkin (plural bumkins)
Senses:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.
Forms:
form: bumkins
tags: plural
form: boomkin
tags: alternative