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chain stays

chain stays is the plural of chain stay.

Meaning of chain stay

Noun

chain stay (plural chain stays)

  1. One of the two frame tubes that run horizontally from the bottom bracket shell back to the rear dropouts.

Questions about chain stays

What is chain stays the plural of?
Chain stays is the plural of chain stay.

Words near chain stays in the dictionary

  1. chain smokers
  2. chain smokes
  3. chain smoking
  4. chain smokings
  5. chain stay
  6. chain stays
  7. chain stitch
  8. chain stitches
  9. chain store
  10. chain stores
  11. chain stories

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