Yard-arm dream meaning is explained below using 1 different source. Each interpretation is shown with its source.
Interpretation 1 — Stephen Girard
For a young woman, the sweetheart or the wife of a sailor, to dream that she sees her lover or her husband tied to the yard-arm or about to be flogged, denotes that she will shortly be gladdened by receiving a letter from him intimating that he is in good health, and has been lately promoted to a higher post.
Source: The Mystic Dream Book • Author: Stephen Girard