Forestay

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  • noun. A stay extending from the head of the foremast to the bowsprit of a ship.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Nautical, a strong rope (now generally of wire, and double) extending forward from the head of the foremast to the knight-heads to support the mast.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under ship.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship
  • verb. To stay beforehand; secure or fasten with or as with a forestay.
  • verb. To stay, delay, postpone, or hinder beforehand; forestall; prevent.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast
    • Word Usage
    "We had to adjust the lengths of strops from which our so-called forestay hangs several times in order to create the right bend in the mast again."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stay  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    mainstay  
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
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    ship  
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