jackstay
/jak-stey/US // ˈdʒækˌsteɪ //UK // (ˈdʒækˌsteɪ) //
滞留,滞纳金,滞销品,滞销产品
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Nautical.
- : a rod or batten, following a yard, gaff, or boom, to which one edge of a sail is bent.
- : a rail for guiding the movement of the hanks of a sail.
- : a transverse stay for stiffening a mast having a gaff sail, coming downward and outward from the head of the mast, passing over a spreader at the level of the gaff, then inclining inward to the mast again near the foot.
- : jack rod.
Examples
The jackstay was torn from his grasp, and he fell, face downward, into the black void beneath.
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