stay³ /stā/ (nautical)

1. A rope bracing a mast, etc, a guy
2. A brace generally

To brace or support (a mast, etc) using stays

1. To bring the head of a sailing vessel up to the wind in order to tack or go about
2. (of a mast) to incline (forward)

staysail /stāˈsl/ noun

A triangular, auxiliary fore-and-aft sail spread or set on a stay

stayˈ-tackle noun

Hoisting tackle hung from a ship's mainmast

at short (or long) stay

(of an anchor cable) taut and leading to the anchor at a steep (or acute) angle near (or at some distance away from) the bow

in stays

(of a sailing vessel during tacking) hanging with head to windward without moving to the opposite tack

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