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bobstay
[f. bob (uncertain in what sense) + stay n.]
‘A rope used to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem... [Its use] is to draw down the bowsprit and keep it steady; and to counteract the force of the stays of the fore-mast, which draw it upwards.’ Falconer Dict. Marine (1769).
1758Chron. in Ann. Reg. 78/1 They..passed the end of the mizen top sail sheet through the enemy's bobstay. 1840R. Dana Bef. Mast xxx. 111 New and strong bobstays [were] fitted in the place of the chain ones. 1875‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Sports ii. viii. i. §5 Heave down the bobstay, and then haul the topmast forward again.
b. attrib., as in bobstay-collar, bobstay-hole, bobstay-plate.
1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Bobstay-collars..are almost entirely superseded by iron bands. Ibid., Bobstay-holes, those cut through the fore-part of the knee of the head, between the cheeks, for the admission of the bobstay; they are not much used now, as chain bobstays are almost universal, which are secured to plates by shackles. |