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triatic stay

[ trahy-at-ik ]

noun

, Nautical.
  1. a backstay for the head of a fore-and-aft-rigged topmast, running down to the head of the lower mast next aft.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of triatic stay1

1835–45; perhaps tri- + -ate 1 + -ic

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