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Definition of Jackstays
1. jackstay [n] - See also: jackstay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackstays
Literary usage of Jackstays
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: Appertaining Tothe Practical by William N. Brady (1882)
"REEFING COURSES TO jackstays. When this plan is adopted there is only one point
requisite, and that on the fore side of the sail; some use two, ..."
2. The Mechanics' Magazine (1854)
"This invention consists in the manufacture and use of metal fastenings or hanks,
in place of the hoops or jackstays now employed, to attach fore and aft ..."
3. Wooden Shipbuilding: A Comprehensive Manual for Wooden Shipbuilders, to edited by William John Thompson (1918)
"jackstays.— These are long strips of wood or iron bolted on the top of a yard to
bend ... Formerly jackstays were lengths of rope stretched along a spar. ..."
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