(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:11:22

Bob"stay` (), n. [Bob + stay.] Naut.

A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.

 

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