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Bobstay   Listen
noun
Bobstay  n.  (Naut.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; usually in the pl.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Bobstay" Quotes from Famous Books



... them with a hail of grape and round shot. Still the assailants pressed on, and soon came beneath the schooner's lee. Dropping their oars, the plucky British tars sprang into the chains, swarmed up the bobstay and over the bow, and used each other's backs as ladders to aid them to reach the schooner's deck. The little crew of privateersmen fought viciously, guarding the side with cutlasses and pistols, hurling the boarders ...
— The Naval History of the United States - Volume 1 (of 2) • Willis J. Abbot



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