1. a spar or beam projecting from the side of a ship, used to extend the foot of a sail or to secure rigging
Usage: nautical; also spelled 'bumpkin'
2. a clumsy or unsophisticated person, especially one from the country
Usage: informal; also spelled 'bumpkin'

Examples

• The sailors adjusted the bumkin to catch more wind.
• The bumkin extended from the hull to support the rigging.
• He was dismissed as a bumkin for his lack of city manners.
• The old bumkin had never left his small village.
• The ship's bumkin creaked in the strong gale.