jackstay
Kelime Anlamı :

1. yelken bağlama ipi.
2. iSTRALYA.
Tanımlar :
1. nautical A stay for racing or cruising vessels used to steady the mast against the strain of the gaff.
2. nautical A rope, rod, or batten along the upper side of a yard, gaff, or boom to which a sail is fastened.
3. nautical A rope or rod running vertically on the forward side of the mast on which the yard moves.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. nautical: one of a set of ropes, iron rods, or strips of wood attached to a yard or gaff for bending a square sail to.
2. A rod or rope running up and down on the forward side of a mast, on which the square-sail yard travels; a traveler.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia