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headstay

[ hed-stey ]

noun

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


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Origin of headstay1

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Example Sentences

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

You only want to go finger-tight on the headstay nut.

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