The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Backstays

Sea Terms

Ropes extending from all mast heads above the lower mast heads, and leading to the vessel's side, for the purpose of steadying the masts. (See Stays.)

A fully rigged mast, with the names of its thirty-four parts
A fully rigged mast, with the names of its thirty-four parts
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