2006-12-08 00:33:38 · 7 answers · asked by england til i die 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
For me it's 11:00am (ie - the time its acceptable to drink after) Just wondered what time it really was
2006-12-08 00:50:33 · update #1
A yard arm is one of the cross beams on a mast that a sail was attached to on old sailing ships, not sure of the time though.
2006-12-08 00:36:29 · answer #1 · answered by ♣ My Brainhurts ♣ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The upper crosspiece on a sailing ships mast( it holds the sail called the yard. This becomes a fixed point that you can use to the height of the sun in referance to the horizon. The sun over the yard arm is a shipboard reference to the approximate time of day.
Robert Brown
2006-12-08 00:38:55 · answer #2 · answered by robert b 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A yarm arm is the Horizonal piece of a ships mast. It is the arm that flags and pennents are flown from. At noon time.
2006-12-08 00:39:54 · answer #3 · answered by Alex 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a personal indicator and the sun is over it whenever the person referring to it feels like a drink!
2006-12-09 21:55:24 · answer #4 · answered by nodplod 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part of a sailing ship's rigging and the time depends on where you are in the world.
2006-12-08 00:37:24 · answer #5 · answered by ANON 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5pm
2006-12-08 00:37:12 · answer #6 · answered by Isis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tapering ends of crossbeam on mast from which sails are hung
2006-12-08 00:37:10 · answer #7 · answered by Barry G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋