different between mizzen vs yawl

English

Alternative forms

• mizen

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French misaine, modified from Old French migenne (through influence from Italian mezzana), from Old Catalan mitjana, feminine of mitjan, ultimately from Latin medianus. Doublet of mean and median.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.z?n/

Noun

mizzen (plural mizzens)

1. (nautical) Mizzenmast.
2. (nautical) A fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast.

Derived terms

• mizzenmast
• mizzensail
• mizzentop

Translations

Adjective

mizzen (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Hindmost; nearest the stern.

   the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??l/
• Homophone: y'all
• Rhymes: -??l

Etymology 1

Apparently from Low German and Middle Low German jolle, or Dutch jol, possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h?ewlos (“tube”), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus.

Noun

yawl (plural yawls)

1. A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
2. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.

Translations

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Verb

yawl (third-person singular simple present yawls, present participle yawling, simple past and past participle yawled)

1. To cry out; to howl.

References

Anagrams

• waly, wyla

French

Noun

yawl m (plural yawls)

1. yawl (type of boat)

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English yawl.

Noun

yawl m (genitive singular yawl, plural yawlyn)

1. yawl