Usually means: Supports bowsprit against upward forces.
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  1. bobstay: Merriam-Webster
  2. bobstay: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bobstay: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bobstay: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bobstay: Wordnik
  6. bobstay: Wiktionary
  7. bobstay: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. bobstay: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. bobstay: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Bobstay, bobstay: Dictionary.com
  11. Bobstay: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Bobstay: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. bobstay: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Bobstay: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. bobstay: FreeDictionary.org
  16. bobstay: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. bobstay: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bobstay: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. bobstay: Urban Dictionary

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bobstay)

▸ noun:  (nautical) A strong rope or chain rigging running from the end of the bowsprit to the ship's stem or cutwater.

Similar:
gobline, boatrope, bell rope, ropeband, backstay, brail, bowgrace, brace, bobbin, best bower, more...

Adjectives:
outer, new, broken, inner, fine

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Similar:
gobline, boatrope, bell rope, ropeband, backstay, brail, bowgrace, brace, bobbin, best bower, more...

Adjectives:
outer, new, broken, inner, fine



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