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Backstay   Listen
noun
Backstay  n.  
1.
(Naut.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast. (Often used in the plural.)
2.
A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.





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... What the "backstay" is to the inhabitant of the district around Lydd, the stilts are to the lonely dwellers in the Landes. The peasants of the department are not exactly born on stilts, but a child learns to walk on them about the age that his British brother ...
— Faces and Places • Henry William Lucy


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