/fawr"stay', fohr"-/ , n.
1. a stay leading aft and upward from the stem or knightheads of a vessel to the head of the fore lower mast; the lowermost stay of a foremast.
2. a stay leading aft and upwards toward the mainmast of a sloop, knockabout, cutter, ketch, yawl, or dandy.
[ 1325-75; ME forstay. See FORE-, STAY 3 ]