| 单词 | breast backstay |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbreast backstay breast backstay n. Nautical (now historical) (on a square-rigged ship) each of a pair of stays leading from the head of a topmast or topgallant mast to chainplates forward of the standing backstays, providing support for the upper masts from the windward side of the ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > stay > specific head ropec1295 fore-stay1373 mainstay1485 sheep's feet1530 forehand1609 backstay1626 jib-stay1752 bobstay1759 breast backstay1769 sciatic stay1794 fore-topgallant-stay1805 funnel-stays1846 belly-stay- 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Back-stays Breast-back-stays and after-back-stays; the intent of the former being to sustain the top-mast when the force of the wind acts upon the ship sideways. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxv. 82 Setting up the weather breast-backstays. 2014 L. Gordon et al. in K. J. Crisman Coffins of Brave i. iv. 98 The main runners, or breast backstays, opposed the main stays and were given as much of an aft lead as possible. < as lemmas |
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