Meanings of lower yards in English

The vessel was rolling tremendously, the lower yards sometimes touching the water.

The forestay snapped, the mainsail split, and the lower yards and foremast were damaged.

The captain gave orders to strike the lower yards and topmasts, and to lighten the vessel.

Struck lower yards and top-gallant mast.

Pleasant weather: up lower yards, set the rigging up, moored: at 7 weighed and made all sail down the river.

Higher and higher it towered, until it was level with our lower yards, then it broke and fell upon us.

Her lower masts were standing, but even her lower yards had been worked up, in order to make something useful for the schooner.

On the other side of the canal was a huge East Indiaman, with her lower yards cockbilled, loading all three hatches at once.

We beat to quarters in the middle of the night to lower the topmasts, strike the lower yards, and take every precaution against bad weather.

The rolling tackles are got ready for the lower yards, and the master, accompanied by the gunner's mate, inspects the lanyards of the lower rigging.

In the P.M., the weather being something moderate, we got up the Top masts, but keept the Lower yards down.