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jibstays

jibstays is the plural of jibstay.

Meaning of jibstay

Noun

jibstay (plural jibstays)

  1. A stay (normally the forestay) to which the jib is attached
    • Jollies? Lord help such jollies! Crish, crash! there goes the jib-stay! Blang-whang! God!.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 40, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Questions about jibstays

What is jibstays the plural of?
Jibstays is the plural of jibstay.

Words near jibstays in the dictionary

  1. jibs
  2. jibs out
  3. jibsheet
  4. jibsheets
  5. jibstay
  6. jibstays
  7. JIC
  8. JICA
  9. Jicalapa
  10. jicama
  11. jicamas

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