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STAY
STAY, (etai, Fr.) a large strong rope employed to support the mast on the fore part, by extending from its upper end towards the fore part of the ship, as the shrouds are extended to the right and left, and behind it. See MAST, RIGGING, and SHROUD.The stay of the fore-mast a, fig. 10. plate IX. which is called the forestay, reaches from the mast-head towards the bowsprit-end: the main-stay b, extends over the fore-castle to the ship's stern; and the mizen-stay, c, is stretched down to that part of the main-mast which lies immediately above the quarter-deck: the fore-top-mast-stay, d, comes also to the end of the bowsprit, a little beyond, the fore-stay: the main-top-mast-stay, e, is attached to the head or hounds of the fore-mast; and the mizen top-mast-stay comes also to the hounds of the main-mast: the fore-top-gallant-stay comes to the outer end of the jib-boom; and the main-top-gallant-stay is extended to the head of the fore-top-mast.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 277, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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