TRIATIC STAY


Meaning of TRIATIC STAY in English

/truy at"ik/ , Naut.

a backstay for the head of a fore-and-aft-rigged topmast, running down to the head of the lower mast next aft.

[ 1835-45; perh. TRI- + -ATE 1 + -IC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .