- a rod or batten, following a yard, gaff, or boom, to which one edge of a sail is bent.
- a rail for guiding the movement of the hanks of a sail.
- a transverse stay for stiffening a mast having a gaff sail, coming downward and outward from the head of the mast, passing over a spreader at the level of the gaff, then inclining inward to the mast again near the foot.
- jack rod.
- a metal rod, wire rope, or wooden batten to which an edge of a sail is fastened along a yard
- a support for the parrel of a yard
