bear arms
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Twenty-two canvas sails were lashed into place on the yardarms above us.
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2021
With Pulitzers flying from his yardarms for biographies of Columbus and John Paul Jones, Morison has now given chase to a third incarnation of the Great Sailor�and by his own standards, has come up luffing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hurley climbed the yardarms to take photos, and at one point--amazingly, given the equipment he had to work with--lighted the frost-coated ship with 20 synchronized flashes for a dramatic night shot.
From Time Magazine Archive
At a signal, seamen scurried to attention on decks and yardarms, and the warships boomed out cannon salutes as the yacht passed by.
From Time Magazine Archive
She lay over till her yardarms almost dipped in the ocean.
From Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea by Webb, Archibald
