jackstay

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling( jak′stā′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
jack•stay  ( jak′stā′),USA pronunciation n. [Naut.]
  1. Naval Termsa rod or batten, following a yard, gaff, or boom, to which one edge of a sail is bent.
  2. Naval Termsa rail for guiding the movement of the hanks of a sail.
  3. Naval Termsa 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.
  4. Naval TermsSee jack rod. 
  • jack1 + stay3 1830–40

'jackstay' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
jack rod - jack rope

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