halyard, halliard
(noun) a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag
Source: WordNet® 3.1
halyard (plural halyards)
(nautical) A rope used to raise or lower a sail, flag, spar or yard.
Source: Wiktionary
Hal'yard, n. Etym: [Hale, v. t. + yard.] (Naut.)
Definition: A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc. [Written also halliard, haulyard.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
