backstay

English

Noun

backstay (plural backstays)

1. (nautical) A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from masthead the top of the mast to the back of the ship; they support the strain on all upper masts and provide additional support to the shrouds when the wind is abaft the beam.

Translations

part of the rigging

• Finnish: peräharus (fi), takastaagi (fi), hekstaagi (fi), hekki (fi)
• Greenlandic: barduuni (kl)

• Italian: controtirante (it) m
• Maori: tukuroa (mi)