headstayn.2
/ˈhɛdsteɪ/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌsteɪ/ Nautical (originally U.S.).
A stay reaching from the head of the foremast (on a vessel with more than one mast), or (in later use) the mast on a single-masted vessel, to the bowsprit or bow; a sail hoisted on this; = fore-stay n. 1.
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jib1661
jib-sail1751
fore-stay1753
headstay1805
1805 Mercantile Advertiser (N.Y.) 22 Aug. Capt. Sanger, of the brig Minerva, of Norwich, has published a protest against the commander of the British schr. Vigilant, Henderson, for having run foul of his brig in Carlisle Bay, cutting away the head stays, and carrying off Henry Andrus, the mate of the Minerva.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast viii. 61 I tarred down all the head-stays.
1842 General Armstrong (song) in W. McCarty Songs, Odes & Other Poems: Naval II. 63 Our foremast being wounded, and bowsprit likewise; Our lower rigging fore and aft, and headstay beside.
1927 G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 92/2 It [sc. the jib-topsail] is hoisted on the outer of the head stays.
1983 Yachting Feb. 67/1 (caption) The direction of sag is just forward of the plane of the sail cloth as it exits the headstay.
2001 D. L. Canney Sailing Warships US Navy viii. 184/2 After modifying the location of her fore yard and moving the headstays further forward on the bowsprit, he also improved her windward sailing performance.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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