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Meaning of bumkin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

Polski wystrzał

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Bumler bumload bumlord bummage bummalo bummaree

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