fore-stayn.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːsteɪ/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrˌsteɪ/

Etymology: < fore- prefix.

a. Nautical. A stay or strong rope reaching from the foremast-head towards the bowsprit end.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > stay > specific

head ropec1295

fore-stay1373

mainstay1485

sheep's feet1530

forehand1609

backstay1626

jib-stay1752

bobstay1759

breast backstay1769

sciatic stay1794

fore-topgallant-stay1805

funnel-stays1846

belly-stay-

1373 Indenture in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 369 Forstiez..backstiez.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 14 The fore stay, the maine stay.

1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. B2^v She had neither forestay or Backstay.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. viii. 82 We learnt that they had broke their fore-stay.

b. A sail hoisted on the fore-stay; in full fore-stay-sail.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail set on a stay > jib or sail set on forestay

jib1661

jib-sail1751

fore-stay1753

headstay1805

1753 T. Woodroofe in J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxiii. 152 With great difficulty we wore the ship with the foresail and forestaysail.

1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 19 And the fore-stay-sail balances before.

1875 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. (ed. 2) vi. 214 The jib is the forestay.

2. (See quot. 1888).

ΚΠ

1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 208 Supported by the standard or forestay, are two grooved rods.

1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 46 Forestay of press, the leg which supports the frame or ribs of a hand-press.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fore-stay
释义	fore-stayn. Brit. /ˈfɔːsteɪ/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌsteɪ/ Etymology: < fore- prefix. 1. a. Nautical. A stay or strong rope reaching from the foremast-head towards the bowsprit end. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > stay > specific head ropec1295 fore-stay1373 mainstay1485 sheep's feet1530 forehand1609 backstay1626 jib-stay1752 bobstay1759 breast backstay1769 sciatic stay1794 fore-topgallant-stay1805 funnel-stays1846 belly-stay- 1373 Indenture in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 369 Forstiez..backstiez. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 14 The fore stay, the maine stay. 1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. B2^v She had neither forestay or Backstay. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. viii. 82 We learnt that they had broke their fore-stay. b. A sail hoisted on the fore-stay; in full fore-stay-sail. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail set on a stay > jib or sail set on forestay jib1661 jib-sail1751 fore-stay1753 headstay1805 1753 T. Woodroofe in J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxiii. 152 With great difficulty we wore the ship with the foresail and forestaysail. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 19 And the fore-stay-sail balances before. 1875 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. (ed. 2) vi. 214 The jib is the forestay. 2. (See quot. 1888). ΚΠ 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 208 Supported by the standard or forestay, are two grooved rods. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 46 Forestay of press, the leg which supports the frame or ribs of a hand-press. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1373
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