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7 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag
originInherited from Middle English halier, from halen (“to haul”) + -iere (“-er”), with misconstrual of -ier as yard. Compare lanyard.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0