BOOM
Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 4
(Dutch, boom, a me.) A nautical term, signilyini: a lonjl pole run out from any part ofa ship lo stretch ins of particular sails: whence jib-boom, mainboom, uuddmgtau-beom, . Boom. In Marine Fortification, signifies a strong chain or cable stretched acro the mouth ofa harbour or river, to prevent Ihe enemy's ships from entering, and having;i number of poles, bars, . fastened to it; whence the [s. 169]
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