| 单词 | jackstay |
| 释义 | jackstay[ jak-stey ] / ˈdʒækˌsteɪ / noun Nautical.a rod or batten, following a yard, gaff, or boom, to which one edge of a sail is bent. a rail for guiding the movement of the hanks of a sail. a transverse stay for stiffening a mast having a gaff sail, coming downward and outward from the head of the mast, passing over a spreader at the level of the gaff, then inclining inward to the mast again near the foot. jack rod. Origin of jackstayFirst recorded in 1830–40; jack1 + stay3 Words nearby jackstayJackson, “Stonewall”, Jacksonville, Jacksonville Beach, “Jack Sprat”, jack staff, jackstay, jackstone, jackstraw, jackstraws, jack-tar, Jack-the-lad Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for jackstayjackstay / (ˈdʒækˌsteɪ) / noun nauticala metal rod, wire rope, or wooden batten to which an edge of a sail is fastened along a yard a support for the parrel of a yard Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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