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BOBSTAY

\bˈɒbste͡ɪ], \bˈɒbste‍ɪ], \b_ˈɒ_b_s_t_eɪ]\

Definitions of BOBSTAY

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A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; - usually in the pl.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; - usually in the pl.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A rope used to confine the bowsprit to the stem.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Rope holding bowsprit down.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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