backstay

English

Etymology

back +‎ stay

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.

Coordinate terms

• forestay

Translations

part of the rigging

• Finnish: peräharus, takastaagi, hekstaagi, hekki
• Greenlandic: barduuni
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• Italian: controtirante m
• Maori: tukuroa

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