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Definition of Jackstay
1. n. A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened.
Definition of Jackstay
1. Noun. (nautical) A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jackstay
1. a rope on a ship [n -STAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackstay
Literary usage of Jackstay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"This plan has been generally adopted, as it was found much easier to reef, than
when fitted with only one jackstay ; there being always difficulty and delay ..."
2. Practical Marine Surveying by Harry Phelps (1889)
"The plan in general use in surveying-ships is to have a wire jackstay rigged ...
It has an open eye or score in its outer end, in which the wire jackstay ..."
3. The Kedge-anchor, Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Appertaining Tothe Practical by William N. Brady (1882)
"Tar well the yard arm, close to the cleats and slings, in the wake of the rigging,
first jackstay; if two, the bending one, and set it up amidships with a ..."
4. Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp (1884)
"Another very useful piece of gear is a mast jackstay, fast at both ends to the
mast, one at the masthead, and the other, having passed down outside the sail ..."
5. Practical canoeing by Tiphys (1883)
"The "jackstay" is a name given by canoeists to a line from the masthead to the
boom, which keeps the latter from falling on deck when the sail is lowered. ..."
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