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 Definitions of headstay  [ˈhɛdˌsteɪ]  

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Definition of 'headstay' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) headstay
(on a sailing vessel) a stay leading forward from the head of the foremost mast to the stem head or the end of the bowsprit.

Etymology:  (1955–60; head+stay3)


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