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n. Nautical A stay for racing or cruising vessels used to steady the mast against the strain of the gaff.

n. Nautical A rope, rod, or batten along the upper side of a yard, gaff, or boom to which a sail is fastened.

n. Nautical A rope or rod running vertically on the forward side of the mast on which the yard moves.

n. A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail.

n. A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened.

n. 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.

n. A rod or rope running up and down on the forward side of a mast, on which the square-sail yard travels; a traveler.

"I screwed round a bit, holding the jackstay with one hand, and steadying the insensible Ordinary with the other."

épée    jackstaff    jib boom    zeolite    whinstone