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triatic stay

[ trahy-at-ik ]
/ traɪˈæt ɪk /

noun Nautical.

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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Nearby words

  1. triarylmethane dye,
  2. trias,
  3. triassic,
  4. triathlete,
  5. triathlon,
  6. triatoma,
  7. triatomic,
  8. triaxial,
  9. triazine,
  10. triazoic

Origin of triatic stay

1835–45; perhaps tri- + -ate1 + -ic
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