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abackstays

abackstays adverb: lined up in the direction of the wind and thus not propelled by the wind.

Adverb

abackstays (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Lined up in the direction of the wind and thus not propelled by the wind

Questions about abackstays

What does abackstays mean?
Abackstays means lined up in the direction of the wind and thus not propelled by the wind.
What part of speech is abackstays?
Abackstays is an adverb.

Words near abackstays in the dictionary

  1. abacist
  2. abacists
  3. aback
  4. aback of
  5. abacks
  6. abackstays
  7. abackward
  8. abackwards
  9. abacmectin
  10. Abaco
  11. Abaco Islands

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