Usually means: Supporting cable at mast's front.
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  1. headstay: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. headstay: Collins English Dictionary
  3. headstay: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. headstay: Dictionary.com
  5. headstay: Wiktionary

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Headstay: Latitude Mexico

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▸ noun:  (nautical) Synonym of forestay

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forestay, backstay, daggerboard, headsail, mainsail, foresail, centreboard, bowsprit, trysail, staysail, more...

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forestay, backstay, daggerboard, headsail, mainsail, foresail, centreboard, bowsprit, trysail, staysail, more...



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