jibstay

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noun

A stay (normally the forestay) to which the jib is attached

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Meanings

nounjibstay (plural jibstays)

plural jibstays

  1. nauticalA stay (normally the forestay) to which the jib is attached

    Jollies? Lord help such jollies! Crish, crash! there goes the jib-stay! Blang-whang! God!.

    1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 40, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
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APA

jibstay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jibstay

MLA

“jibstay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jibstay. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jibstay,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jibstay.

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