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Definition of: bumkin
(bum′kin) noun Naut.
A projecting boom on a vessel, placed at each side of the bow to haul the foretack to, or on the quarter, for the standing part of the mainbrace, or over the stern to extend the mizzen sail: also bumpkin. [<Du. boomkin, dim. of boom tree, beam]
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