Synonyms for "backstay" (1 found)

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Closest matches (1)

forestay

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

1 entries

stay

coordinate

1 entries

forestay

derived from

2 entries

backstay

has context

1 entries

nautical

is a

1 entries

stay

related to

9 entries

abaftbeammastheadriggingsailing shipshroudstrainsupportwind

similar

1 entries

forestay

Translations

14 translations across 9 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries

• бакщаг noun (part of the rigging)

Finnish

4 entries

• hekki noun (part of the rigging)
• hekstaagi noun (part of the rigging)
• peräharus noun (part of the rigging)
• takale noun (part of a shoe)

German

1 entries

• Backstag noun (part of the rigging)

Greenlandic

1 entries

• barduuni noun (part of the rigging)

Hungarian

1 entries

• achterstág noun (part of the rigging)

Italian

1 entries

• controtirante noun (part of the rigging)

Māori

1 entries

• tukuroa noun (part of the rigging)

Polish

2 entries

• achtersztag noun (part of the rigging)
• aftersztag noun (part of the rigging)

Portuguese

1 entries

• brandal noun (part of the rigging)

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