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Showing words for BACKSTAY using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Backstay

backstay

5 Letter Words for Backstay

aback, abacs, abask, acast, astay, backs, backy, basat, basta, bayts, cabas, casky, katas, kyats, satay, staab, stack, styca, tabac, tacks, tacky, takas

4 Letter Words for Backstay

abac, abas, abay, abcs, abys, acta, acts, asak, asta, baas, back, bacs, bact, baka, bask, bast, bata, bats, baya, bays, bayt, bkcy, bskt, caba, cabs, caky, casa, cask, cast, cats, cays, cyst, kaas, kabs, kasa, kata, kats, kays, kyat, saba, sack, sata, saya, scab, scat, scyt, skat, stab, stay, tabs, tack, taka, taks, taky, task, tays, yaba, yaks

3 Letter Words for Backstay

aas, aba, abc, abs, abt, aby, ack, act, acy, aka, asb, ask, ast, ays, baa, bac, bas, bat, bay, bks, bkt, bys, cab, cat, cay, csk, cst, cts, kab, kas, kat, kay, saa, sab, sac, sat, say, sct, ska, sky, sta, stk, sty, taa, tab, tak, tas, tay, tbs, tck, tsk, yak, yas, yat

Definitions for Backstay

[1] Machinery . a supporting or checking piece in a mechanism.
[2] Building Trades . an anchored tension member, as a cable, permanently or temporarily supporting a compression member, as a tower or pole, subject to a pull above its base from the opposite direction.
[3] a strip of leather at the back of a shoe used for reinforcement and sometimes to connect the quarters.
[4] Nautical . any of various shrouds forming part of a vessel's standing rigging and leading aft from masts above a lower mast to the sides or stern of the vessel in order to reinforce the masts against forward pull.
[5] nautical a stay leading aft from the upper part of a mast to the deck or stern
[6] machinery a supporting piece or arresting part
[7] anything that supports or strengthens the back of something, such as leather covering the back seam of a shoe

Words nearby Backstay

backsplash, backsplice, backstab, backstage, backstairs, backstay, backstitch, backstop, backstory, backstrap loom, backstreet

Origin of Backstay

2First recorded in 1620–30; back1 + stay3