forestay

forestay
/fawr"stay', fohr"-/, n.
1. a stay leading aft and upward from the stem or knightheads of a vessel to the head of the fore lower mast; the lowermost stay of a foremast.
2. a stay leading aft and upwards toward the mainmast of a sloop, knockabout, cutter, ketch, yawl, or dandy.
[1325-75; ME forstay. See FORE-, STAY3]

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