Forestay vs Forestaysail - What's the difference?
forestay | forestaysail |
(nautical) A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship
To stay beforehand; secure or fasten with or as with a forestay.
*2008 , Alfred Fox, Anna's Story: Basset Mead :
To stay, delay, postpone, or hinder beforehand; forestall; prevent.
*1954 , Osteopathic Magazine - Volumes 41-42 - Page 75:
*1965 , United States Joint Publications Research Service, Translations on People's Republic of China :
In nautical terms the difference between forestay and forestaysail
is that forestay is a stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship while forestaysail is a triangular sail attached to the forestay.As a verb forestay
is to stay beforehand; secure or fasten with or as with a forestay.forestay
English
Etymology 1
From .Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(wikipedia forestay) (en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Anna decided not to press that subject and forestayed her mind to change tack.
Etymology 2
From .Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)Verb
(en verb)- It is reasonable to suppose that further research into the complex bio-chemistry of the blood will result in more satisfactory substitutes for plasma than are now available and thereby death may be more easily forestayed .
- [...] in our capital construction plan, we might not plan the manufacture of equipment according to storage, thus delaying the sale of our manufactured equipment and forestaying return on investment by equipment manufacturing agencies.
