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headstay

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[hed-stey] / ˈhɛdˌsteɪ /

noun

  1. (on a sailing vessel) a stay leading forward from the head of the foremost mast to the stem head or the end of the bowsprit.

Etymology

Origin of headstay

head + stay 3

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The spinnaker was billowing; then as they jibed, flutter, flutter, there it was, snarled around the headstay.

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