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jackstay

N ไม้ คำ เชือก ค้ำ

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

JACKSTAY

JACKSTAY Jack "stay `, n. (Naut. )

Defn: A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened.

New American Oxford Dictionary

jackstay

jack stay |ˈjakˌstā ˈʤæksteɪ | ▶noun Nautical a rope, bar, or batten placed along a ship's yard to bend the head of a square sail to.

Oxford Dictionary

jackstay

jack |stay ▶noun Nautical a rope, bar, or batten placed along a ship's yard to bend the head of a square sail to. • a line secured at both ends to serve as a support, e.g. for an awning.