"backstay" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: backstays [plural]
Etymology: From back + stay. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|stay}} back + stay Head templates: {{en-noun}} backstay (plural backstays)
  1. (nautical) A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from the top of the mast (masthead) 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. Wikidata QID: Q340982 Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (part of a shoe): takale (Finnish) Translations (part of the rigging): бакщаг (bakštag) [masculine] (Bulgarian), peräharus (Finnish), takastaagi (Finnish), hekstaagi (Finnish), hekki (Finnish), Backstag [neuter] (German), barduuni (Greenlandic), achterstág (Hungarian), controtirante [masculine] (Italian), tukuroa (Maori), achtersztag [masculine] (Polish), aftersztag [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-backstay-en-noun-en:Q340982 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'part of a shoe': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'part of the rigging': 92 8
  2. A strengthening or supporting piece that is built into the back of something.
    Sense id: en-backstay-en-noun-hXozeOfV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greenlandic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Greenlandic translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: forestay

Inflected forms

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