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forestay en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From Middle English forstay, forstey, vorstey, equivalent to fore- + stay (“a stay, rope”).
Meanings
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A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship
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Coordinates
backstay
Deriveds
forestaysail
Synonyms
headstay
Translations (6)
fi etuharus (stay that extends from the top of the foremast) · fi etustaagi (stay that extends from the top of the foremast) · he סָמוֹךְ קִדְמִי (stay that extends from the top of the foremast) · fi keulaharus (stay that extends from the top of the foremast) · hu forstág (stay that extends from the top of the foremast) · mi tamawhakaara (stay that extends from the top of the foremast)
forestay en · VERB · etymology 1
Etymology
From Middle English forstay, forstey, vorstey, equivalent to fore- + stay (“a stay, rope”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To stay beforehand; secure or fasten with or as with a forestay.
Anna decided not to press that subject and forestayed her mind to change tack.
2008, Alfred Fox, Anna's Story: Basset Mead:
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forestay en · VERB · etymology 2
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂éy
Proto-Germanic *furai
Proto-Germanic *furai-
Proto-West Germanic *forē-
Old English fore-
Middle English fore-
English fore-
English stay
English forestay
From fore- + stay (“to hold off, postpone, delay”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To stay, delay, postpone, or hinder beforehand; forestall; prevent.
[...] 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.
1965, United States Joint Publications Research Service, Translations on People's Republic of China: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.
1954, Osteopathic Magazine - Volumes 41-42 - Page 75
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