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forestay

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aeforstyStarts with FEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast

Word origin

From Middle English forstay, forstey, vorstey, equivalent to fore- + stay (“a stay, rope”).

Used in a sentence

  • Anna decided not to press that subject and forestayed her mind to change tack.

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