headstay

English

Etymology

From head +‎ stay.

Noun

headstay (plural headstays)

1. (nautical) Synonym of forestay
   • 1982 January, Jerry Cartwright, “Cruising Seamanship”, in Motorboating & Sailing, volume 149, number 2, page 23:

     The more the backstay is tightened, the less the headstay will sag off to leeward, forming a rigid and more efficient arc along the luff of the genoa while beating to weather.