jackstay

Meaning of jackstay

noun
  1. A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail.
  2. A cable between two ships or from a ship to a fixed point which can be used to support a load during transfer of personnel or materiel along the cable.
  3. A line (rope, webbing or cable), attached to a boat at the ends, to which a safety harness can be clipped to restrain falling in rough conditions and to prevent falling overboard.
  4. (underwater diving) A line fixed at both ends, which may be used to guide a load or a diver along the route of the line. Uses include guidance to and from the underwater work site, and as a means of controlling an underwater search.

Information about jackstay

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of jackstay is: jackstays.
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Hyphenation of jackstay

jack-stay

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • jackstay is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with jackstay

stay, astay, bobstay, jibstay, headstay, sandstay, bestay, forestay, homestay, withstay, backstay, buckstay, farmstay, hornstay, mainstay, sunstay, upstay, overstay, understay, misstay, outstay

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