present participle of straight arm

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of straight arm

present participle of straight-arm

Alternative spelling of straight-arm

Alternative spelling of straight-arm

plural of man-at-arms

(military) A fellow combatant or soldier.

(obsolete, nautical) To fill the hollow in the bottom of a sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering.

A distance approximately equal to the length of a human's arm. / (figuratively) A position not suggesting or inviting intimacy.

(literally) Barely within reach. / (idiomatic) Distant, detached. / (idiomatic) Independent, but related.