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Forestay

noun
1.
An adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast.





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"Forestay" Quotes from Famous Books



... to reply when a broadside from the corvette came hissing through the air; one shot only, however, struck the brig and shot away her forestay. ...
— The Three Lieutenants • W.H.G. Kingston


Words linked to "Forestay" :   stay, mainstay


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