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Definition: BOBSTAY

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Bobstay" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Bobstay \Bob"stay`\, noun. [Bob stay.]. (references)

Definition: BOBSTAY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "BOBSTAY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Bobstay \Bob"stay`\, noun. [Bob stay.]. (references)