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jackstay Naut.|ˈdʒæksteɪ|
[f. Jack n.1 34 + stay.]
a. A rope, rod, or batten placed along a yard or gaff to bend the sail to.
b. A rod or rope running up and down on a mast, on which the square-sail yard travels.
1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast Gloss., Jack-stays, ropes stretched taut along a yard, to bend the sail to. c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 19 What is the use of jackstays? To bend the sails to. 1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. (ed. 2) 227 A jackstay should be fitted round the boat, underneath the rubbing strake for the rain awning to be laced down to. |