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chainstay

chainstay is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of chainstay

pluralchainstays

Origin of chainstay

From chain + stay.

Questions about chainstay

What is chainstay the alternative spelling of?
Chainstay is the alternative spelling of chain stay.

Words near chainstay in the dictionary

  1. chainsmokes
  2. chainsmoking
  3. chainsmokings
  4. chainsorter
  5. chainsorters
  6. chainstay
  7. chainstays
  8. chainsticks
  9. chainstitch
  10. chainstitches
  11. chainsword

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