英语词汇“spring stay”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

spring stay n. Nautical (now chiefly historical and rare) a stay (stay n.¹ 1a) fitted almost parallel to a mainstay in order to reinforce it and act as a fail-safe should it break, typically being of a lighter construction than a mainstay.

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1745 P. Durell Log 20 May in J. S. McLennan Louisbourg (1918) x. 177 Ye fore Spring Stay was Shott away.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Spring-Stays, are rather smaller than the stays, and are placed above them, being intended as substitutes should the main one be shot away.

1983 J. E. Garland Down to Sea xii. 192 (caption) There will be hell to pay if the fore gaff swings over and the topsail jams against both the maintopmast stay and the triatic, or spring stay, between the fore and main mast caps.

单词	spring stay
释义	> as lemmas spring stay spring stay n. Nautical (now chiefly historical and rare) a stay (stay n.¹ 1a) fitted almost parallel to a mainstay in order to reinforce it and act as a fail-safe should it break, typically being of a lighter construction than a mainstay. ΚΠ 1745 P. Durell Log 20 May in J. S. McLennan Louisbourg (1918) x. 177 Ye fore Spring Stay was Shott away. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Spring-Stays, are rather smaller than the stays, and are placed above them, being intended as substitutes should the main one be shot away. 1983 J. E. Garland Down to Sea xii. 192 (caption) There will be hell to pay if the fore gaff swings over and the topsail jams against both the maintopmast stay and the triatic, or spring stay, between the fore and main mast caps. extracted from springn.¹ < as lemmas
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