Definitions
the forestay that braces the mainmast
Word origin
From Middle English main stai, equivalent to main + stay (“rope”).
Used in a sentence
“Agriculture is the mainstay of this country’s economy.”
“At the other extreme, we have that true maid-of-all-work type, the 0-6-0, the mainstay of goods, shunting, and often of passenger work right from the earliest days to the present time.”
“As with most other railways, freight revenue is the mainstay of the balance sheet. In Canada, passenger revenue is only about one-tenth that of freight.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Chief support”8 letters
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