The end of a spar perpendicular to a sailing ship's mast, it was a convenient place to hang your mutineers
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perpendicular to a sailing ship's mast, it was a convenient place to hang your 
mutineers... [DOC] [TLE] Yard (sailing) - Wikipedia [PAR] A yard is a spar on a mast from which sails are set.